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Echemus levyi Kovblyuk & Seyyar 2009

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 2. Rustaveli st. 9, Gori, Georgia
  • 3. Konstantine Eristavi st. 12, 0103, Tbilisi, Georgia

Description

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Echemus levyiKovblyuk & Seyyar, 2009

Figs 18–19

Echemus levyi: Chatzaki and Van Keer 2019: 440, figs 15–16, 19–20 (♀).

Echemus levyi: Bosmans and Gavalas 2023: 23, figs 10 E-G (♀).

Material examined.

GEORGIA • 1 ♀; Tbilisi, Dighomi massive; 41.7574°N, 44.7788°E; 428 m a. s. l.; in appartment; leg. A. Seropian; 8 Jun. 2025; CaBOL-ID 1039390. • 1 ♀; Idem; 8 Aug. 2025; CaBOL-ID 1039455. • 1 ♂; Tbilisi, Vake; 41.7125°N, 44.7484°E; 495 m a. s. l.; building wall; leg. A. Seropian; 9 Jul. 2025; CaBOL-ID 1039454.

Comments. This species was previously recorded in Cyprus, Greece, and Central Turkey (Nentwig et al. 2025; WSC 2025). It is the first record of this species in the Caucasus region and the northern-most one.

Notes

Published as part of Seropian, Armen, Ninua, Levan, Rostiashvili, Ioane, Bulbulashvili, Natalia & Makharadze, Giorgi, 2025, New data on spiders (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae) of Georgia with description of a new species from Tegenaria lyncea group, pp. 65-80 in Caucasiana 4 on pages 65-80, DOI: 10.3897/caucasiana.4.e151922

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/40237DF1050D51F599B0A9CB45540414

Cites
Publication: 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.3.2 (DOI)
Publication: 10.24436/1 (DOI)
Publication: 10.7892/BORIS.105054 (DOI)
Figure: 10.3897/caucasiana.4.e151922.figure18-21 (DOI)
Figure: https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1414350 (URL)
Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.12625867 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EA8818F130B612A98EA652FDFEF2B5 (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/caucasiana.4.e151922 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/20B5D1D225755EB9BD5EEDF2C3238DD5 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/AEFF1C1E-560F-4676-931D-B2B393C9792C (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/40237DF1050D51F599B0A9CB45540414 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/294363439 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/312254/taxon/40237DF1050D51F599B0A9CB45540414.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Material sample ID
CaBOL-ID 1039390 , CaBOL-ID 1039454 , CaBOL-ID 1039455
Event date
2025-06-08 , 2025-07-09 , 2025-08-08
Verbatim event date
2025-06-08 , 2025-07-09 , 2025-08-08
Scientific name authorship
Kovblyuk & Seyyar
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Gnaphosidae
Genus
Echemus
Species
levyi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Echemus levyi Kovblyuk, 2009 sec. Seropian, Ninua, Rostiashvili, Bulbulashvili & Makharadze, 2025

References

  • Chatzaki M, Van Keer J (2019) Ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Liocranidae, Prodidomidae) from the Greek islands Rodos, Symi and Karpathos, with the description of new species. Zootaxa 4646 (3): 434–460. http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4646.3.2
  • Bosmans R, Gavalas I (2023) The spiders (Araneae) of the tiny Greek island Iraklia (Kiklades), with the descriptions of 5 new Harpactea species (Araneae: Dysderidae), 3 species new to Europe and 8 new to Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11 (Suppl. 1): 1–91.
  • Nentwig W, Blick T, Bosmans R, Hänggi A, Kropf C, Stäubli A (2025) Spiders of Europe. Version 06.2025. [Accessed: 06 / 07 / 2025] https://doi.org/10.24436/1
  • World Spider Catalog (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern. [Accessed: 06 / 07 / 2025] https://doi.org/10.7892/BORIS.105054