ARACHNOLOGISCHE GESELLSCHAFT

Doi
10.5431/aramit5409
Author

Hirna A

Year
2017
Title

First record of the alien spider species Mermessus trilobatus (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in Ukraine

Title translated

Erstnachweis der neozoischen Spinnenart Mermessus trilobatus (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in der Ukraine

Issue

Heft 54

Pages
41-43
Abstract

Mermessus trilobatus (Emerton, 1882) is recorded for the first time in Ukraine. Ist presence represents the easternmost boundary of this species in Europe. One male was found in the glacial cirque of the mountain massif Svydivets’ in the Ukrainian Carpathians at an altitude of 1495 m. The locality is a mountain stream, the banks of which have been moderately grazed by sheep. Information on the distribution of this species in Central and Eastern Europe is given.

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Keywords

non-native species, Ukrainian Carpathians