Tolkienus ottoi (Marusik & Koponen, 2017)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049200

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Described:

Distribution: Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan), Iran, Kazakhstan


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Taxonomic References
Dictyna ottoi Marusik & Koponen, 2017: 42, f. 1a-d, 2a-g (Dmf) Original description
Dictyna ottoi Esyunin, 2017b: 269, f. 20-21 (f)
Dictyna ottoi Otto & Japoshvili, 2018: 380, f. 34-38 (mf)
Dictyna ottoi Ponomarev et al., 2019: 313, f. 4-5 (f)
Dictyna ottoi Zamani et al., 2021b: 281, f. 1D (f)
Tolkienus ottoi Montana et al., 2025: 91 (T from Dictyna)
Tolkienus ottoi Nekhaeva et al., 2026: 29, f. 1F-H (m)
References

Esyunin, S. L. (2017b). A D.E. Kharitonov’s collection of permanent slides of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae). Part 1. Family Dictynidae. Bulletin of Perm University, Biology 2017(3): 263-276. -- Show included taxa

Marusik, Y. M. & Koponen, S. (2017). On two sibling species of Dictyna (Araneae: Dictynidae) from Ukraine and Caucasus. Entomologica Fennica 28(1): 41-48. doi: 10.33338/ef.84674 -- Show included taxa

Montana, K. O., Cala-Riquelme, F., Crews, S. C., Gorneau, J. A., Al-Jamal, A. M., Alequín, L. D., Spagna, J. C., Ballarin, F. & Esposito, L. A. (2025). Tailor's drawer no more: a reappraisal of the spider family Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 sensu lato. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204(2, zlaf007): 1-97. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf007 [[2nd pdf contains the Suppl. Figs 1-5]] -- Show included taxa

Nekhaeva, A. A., Kim, L., Ishayeva, A., Ozernoy, A. & Sozontov, A. N. (2026). Spider (Arachnida, Araneae) fauna of the lowland part of the Balkhash-Alakol Basin (SE Kazakhstan): an integrated assessment. Biodiversity Data Journal 14(e181501): 1-40. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.14.e181501 -- Show included taxa

Otto, S. & Japoshvili, G. (2018). The spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Lagodekhi Reserve, Georgia: faunistic results of a transect study and an updated checklist. Arachnology 17(8): 375-391. doi: 10.13156/arac.2017.17.8.375 -- Show included taxa

Ponomarev, A. V., Aliev, M. A., Khabiev, G. N. & Shmatko, V. Y. (2019). New data on the spider fauna (Aranei) of Dagestan, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 28(2): 309-334. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.28.2.14 -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A., Nadolny, A. A., Esyunin, S. L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2021b). New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part VIII. Zoosystematica Rossica 30(2): 279-297. doi: 10.31610/zsr/2021.30.2.279 -- 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
2026-02-20 New taxonomic reference entry Nekhaeva et al., 2026
2026-02-20 Species distribution update Nekhaeva et al., 2026 Old value
2025-07-07 New taxonomic reference entry Montana et al., 2025
2025-07-07 Species transferred to new genus Montana et al., 2025 Species transferred from Dictyna to Tolkienus
2021-12-04 New taxonomic reference entry Zamani et al., 2021b
2021-12-04 Species distribution update Zamani et al., 2021b Old value
2019-07-01 New taxonomic reference entry Ponomarev et al., 2019
2019-07-01 Species distribution update Ponomarev et al., 2019 Old value
2018-07-23 New taxonomic reference entry Otto & Japoshvili, 2018
2017-11-08 New taxonomic reference entry Esyunin, 2017b
2017-11-08 Species distribution update Esyunin, 2017b Old value
2017-03-07 New taxonomic reference entry Marusik & Koponen, 2017
2017-03-07 New species inserted Marusik & Koponen, 2017

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