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Genus: Berlandina Dalmas, 1922 | Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Berlandina charitonovi Ponomarev, 1979

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026683

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Described:

Distribution: Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Zoological Museum of Moscow University (ZMMU), Moscow, Russia m - (Ponomarev, 1979a)
Paratype: Zoological Museum of Moscow University (ZMMU), Moscow, Russia 1m 2f - (Ponomarev, 1979a)
Paratype: Department of Zoology, Rostov University, Russia 7m 13f (18113a-c) - (Ponomarev, 1979a)

Taxonomic References

Berlandina charitonovi Ponomarev, 1979a: 921, f. 4-6 (Dmf) Original description

Berlandina litvinovi Fomichev & Marusik, 2017b: 73, f. 9-19 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049312]

Berlandina charitonovi Esyunin, Ponomarev & Kabdrakhimov, 2024: 319 (S of Berlandina litvinovi)

Berlandina charitonovi Zamani et al., 2025b: 16, f. 11C, 12E-G (f)

References

Esyunin, S. L., Ponomarev, A. V. & Kabdrakhimov, A. A. (2024). The spider fauna (Aranei) of Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast of Kazakhstan. New records and taxonomic remarks. Euroasian Entomological Journal 22(6, 2023): 317-325 & Appendix. doi: 10.15298/euroasentj.22.06.07 [[publ. Feb. 21, 2024]] -- Show included taxa

Fomichev, A. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2017b). A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 8. New data on Berlandina and Gnaphosa from Mongolia. Zootaxa 4258(1): 69-80. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.1.5 -- Show included taxa

Ponomarev, A. V. (1979a). New species of spiders of the family Gnaphosidae from the North Caspian territory. Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal 58: 921-923. -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A., Enayatnia, M., Mirshekar, A., Mayvan, M. M., Kováč, L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2025b). New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part XII. Zootaxa 5601(1): 1-45. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5601.1.1 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-03-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Zamani et al., 2025b
2025-03-06	Species distribution update	Zamani et al., 2025b	Old value
2024-03-11	New taxonomic reference entry	Esyunin, Ponomarev & Kabdrakhimov, 2024
2024-03-11	Species synonymy	Esyunin, Ponomarev & Kabdrakhimov, 2024		Berlandina litvinovi synonymized with Berlandina charitonovi