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2 L. Mezőfi & V. Markó Italy (including Sardinia), Macedonia, Portugal, Russia (sou- thern European part), Spain, Turkey (European part) and Ukraine (van Helsdingen 2017). It is also present in, e.g., Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey (Asian part) (Levy 1997, Kashefi et al. 2013, Komnenov 2013, Uyar et al. 2014). Remarks. Until now, two representatives of the genus Cyclosa were known from Hungary: C. conica (Pallas, 1772) and C. oculata (Walckenaer, 1802) (Samu & Szinetár 1999). Here we report C. sierrae as the third member of this genus in Hun- gary. This Mediterranean species usually occurs in steppe-like or shrub vegetations, but also occurs in Pinus forests (Komne- nov 2013, Polchaninova & Prokopenko 2013, Ijland & van Helsdingen 2014, Uyar et al. 2014). Cyclosa spiders are easy to recognise by their habit of placing their prey remains and egg sacs in a vertical line crossing the center of their orb webs (Levy 1997). Furthermore, Cyclosa species can usually be easily distinguished from their relatives by, among other features, the posterior-dorsal extended opisthosoma which bears various humps (Levy 1997), but the identification of some species within the genus is difficult. In physical charac- teristics C. sierrae strongly resembles C. conica , but according to Mcheidze (2014) these two species can be distinguished on the basis of the sternum colouration: in case of C. sierrae the sternum is black (or dark brown) with yellow marks on the edge (one anterior transversal, one apical and two lateral marks), while in C. conica the sternum is entirely black, wit- hout yellow marks. Presumably the small-sized male speci- men of this typically southern species reached the sampling site by ballooning. Spreading of this species in a northern di- rection has not been detected before in Europe. Dictynidae O. P.-Cambridge, 1871 Brigittea vicina (Simon, 1873) (syn. Dictyna vicina ) (Fig. 2) Determination. Loksa 1969 Material examined. 8 (( , Budapest: 1  ( 26.05.2016, 3 (( 23.06.2016 – Haller park (47°28’29”N, 19°04’48”E, 107 m a.s.l., urban green area); 1 ( 23.06.2016 – Róbert Károly körút (47°32’09”N, 19°03’48”E, 106 m a.s.l., urban green area); 1 ( 19.07.2016, 1 ( 13.09.2016 – Margit Island (47°31’19”N, 19°02’43”E, 103 m a.s.l., urban green area with floodplain-li- ke forest vegetation); 1 ( 19.07.2016 – Vérmező (47°29’60”N, 19°01’43”E, 127 m a.s.l., urban green area). All the specimens (leg. D. Korányi, det. L. Mezőfi) were collected by beating mainly in urban environments, from canopies of Acer cam­ pestre trees. Distribution. Mediterranean to Central Asia (WSC 2017). In Europe it is present in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France (including Corsica), Greece (including Crete), Hun- gary, Italy,Macedonia,Moldova, Romania, probably in Russia (north-western European part), Slovakia, Ukraine and former Yugoslavia (van Helsdingen 2017). Remarks. A very rare mesophilic species (Havranek & Mol- nár 1965, Bryja et al. 2005b), which is critically endangered in, for example, the Czech Republic (Řezáč et al. 2015).How­ ever, B. vicina is not considered to be very rare in Hungary and it can be characterised as a species with a rather sporadic occurrence (Szinetár pers. comm.). It occurs in the herb layer of downy oak forests (Bryja et al. 2005b) or at forest edges (Havranek & Molnár 1965), although B. vicina was repor- ted from urban areas (from Picea abies trees) as well (Szinetár 1992). In spite of the limited data on this species our results indicate that urban green ecosystems can provide appropriate habitats for B. vicina . Dysderidae C. L. Koch, 1837 Dysdera lata Reuss, 1834 (Fig. 3) Determination. Kovblyuk et al. 2008, Le Peru 2011, Bos- mans et al. 2017 Material examined. 1 ) , Budapest: 27.07.2016 – Budai Ar- borétum (47°28’49”N, 19°02’24”E, 120 m a.s.l., urban green area). The specimen (leg. & det. L. Mezőfi) was collected by hand on a pavement near a rockery in the Botanical Garden of the Szent István University. Distribution. Mediterranean to Georgia (WSC 2017). In Europe this species occurs in Bulgaria, Cyprus, France (exclu- sively on Corsica), Greece (including North Aegean Islands, Cyclades and Crete), Moldova, Portugal, Romania, Russia (southern European part), Slovakia, Spain (exclusively on the Balearic Islands) and Ukraine (Otto 2015, Bosmans et al. 2017, van Helsdingen 2017, Lissner 2017). Fig. 2: Cleared, dissected epigyne/vulva of Brigittea vicina female from Hungary; a. epigyne, ventral view; b. epigyne/vulva, dorsal view Fig. 1: Left palp of Cyclosa sierrae male from Hungary; a. prolateral view; b. retrolateral view