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Genus: Raveniola Zonstein, 1987 | Family: Nemesiidae Simon, 1889

Raveniola zaitzevi (Charitonov, 1948)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001275

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Described:

Distribution: Georgia, Azerbaijan

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Zoological Department, Perm State University (PSU), Perm, Russia f - (Zonstein, Kunt & Yağmur, 2018)
Paratype: Zoological Department, Perm State University (PSU), Perm, Russia 2f - (Nuruyeva, Zamani & Snegovaya, 2024)
Holotype: Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University (IZISU), Tbilisi, Georgia f of Brachythele recki - (Mcheidze, 1983)
Paratype: Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University (IZISU), Tbilisi, Georgia 2f of Brachythele recki - (Mcheidze, 1983)

Taxonomic References

Brachythele zaitzevi Charitonov, 1948: 135 (Df) Original description

Brachythele recki Mcheidze, 1983: 155, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001270]

Raveniola recki Zonstein, 1987: 1015 (T from Brachythele)

Raveniola zaitzevi Zonstein, 1987: 1015 (T from Brachythele)

Raveniola zaitzevi Zonstein, Kunt & Yağmur, 2018: 34, f. 12, 18, 27-28, 31, 34, 55-56, 61, 63, 66, 80, 93, 113, 126, 141, 161, 193-194, 208-209 (Dm, f, S of Raveniola recki)

Raveniola zaitzevi Marusik & Zonstein, 2021: 100, f. 8 (f)

Raveniola zaitzevi Nuruyeva, Zamani & Snegovaya, 2024: 355, f. 1F-G (m)

References

Charitonov, D. E. (1948). A new species of Brachythele in Gruzia. Soobshcheniia Akademii Nauk Gruzinskoi SSR 9: 135-139. -- Show included taxa

Marusik, Y. M. & Zonstein, S. L. (2021). Description of Raveniola ambardzumyani n. sp. from Armenia (Araneae: Nemesiidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 51: 93-101. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5596461 -- Show included taxa

Mcheidze, T. S. (1983). [New species of spider Brachythele recki sp. n. from Georgia]. In: Fauna i ekologiya bespozvonochnykh Gruzii. Tbilisi, pp. 155-159. -- Show included taxa

Nuruyeva, T. V., Zamani, A. & Snegovaya, N. Y. (2024). A survey of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Atypidae, Nemesiidae) of Azerbaijan, including the description of two new species. Zoology in the Middle East 70(4): 353-360. doi: 10.1080/09397140.2024.2411747 -- Show included taxa

Zonstein, S. L. (1987). A new genus of mygalomorph spiders of the subfamily Nemesiinae (Aranei, Nemesiidae) in the Palearctic fauna. Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal 66: 1013-1019. -- Show included taxa

Zonstein, S. L., Kunt, K. B. & Yağmur, E. A. (2018). A revision of the spider genus Raveniola (Araneae, Nemesiidae). I. Species from Western Asia. European Journal of Taxonomy 399: 1-93. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2018.399 -- 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
2024-11-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Nuruyeva, Zamani & Snegovaya, 2024
2021-11-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Marusik & Zonstein, 2021
2018-02-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Zonstein, Kunt & Yağmur, 2018
2018-02-02	First description of male	Zonstein, Kunt & Yağmur, 2018	Old value
2018-02-02	Species distribution update	Zonstein, Kunt & Yağmur, 2018	Old value
2018-02-02	Species synonymy	Zonstein, Kunt & Yağmur, 2018		Raveniola recki synonymized with Raveniola zaitzevi