Taxonomic notes on two sibling species of Metellina from Asia (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)

Two sibling species, Metellina orientalis (Spassky, 1932) and M. kirgisica (Bakhvalov, 1974), occurring in the Middle East and Central Asia are redescribed and their distributions mapped. The previously unknown male of M. kirgisica is described for the first time. Stridulatory files on male chelicer...

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Main Authors: Recep Sulhi Özkütük, Yuri M. Marusik, Kadir Boğaç Kunt, Mert Elverici
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017-09-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=13611