Pseudicius palaestinensis Strand 1915
Authors/Creators
- 1. Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia.
- 2. Rustaveli st. 8, 1400, Gori, Georgia.
- 3. Konstantine Eristavi st. 12, 0103, Tbilisi, Georgia.
- 4. Agricultural University of Georgia, Tbilisi, 0159, Georgia.
Description
Pseudicius palaestinensis Strand, 1915
Figs 39–40
P. palaestinensis: Logunov 2010: 88, figs 13–14 (♂).
Material examined. GEORGIA: Kakheti: 2♂♂ (ISUIZ; CaBOL-IDs 1039397, 1039398); Mijniskure, Vashlovani NP; 41.1229°N, 46.6442°E; 96 m a.s.l.; semidesert, on Pistacia mutica; leg. A. Seropian; 27 May 2025.
Comments. Previously recorded in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Israel, and Iran (WSC 2026). In the Caucasus, it was recorded in Azerbaijan only (Otto 2022). It is the first record of P. palaestinensis in Georgia.
Remark: Unlike the previously depicted male specimens from Israel and Iran, which have a notched ventral RTA, the local specimens have a strongly serrated ventral RTA (cf. Figs 39–40 vs. Prószyński 2003: figs 610–611; Logunov 2010: figs 13–14). In all other aspects, they are identical, allowing us to assign Georgian specimens to P. palaestinensis.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- ISUIZ
- Event date
- 2025-05-27
- Verbatim event date
- 2025-05-27
- Scientific name authorship
- Strand
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Salticidae
- Genus
- Pseudicius
- Species
- palaestinensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pseudicius palaestinensis Strand, 1915 sec. Seropian, Bulbulashvili, Makharadze, Zukakishvili & Japaridze, 2026
References
- Logunov, D. V. (2010) Taxonomic notes on a collection of jumping spiders from Iran (Araneae, Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 15 (3), 85-90. https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2010.15.3.85
- WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch https://doi.org/10.7892/BORIS.105054
- Otto, S. (2022) Caucasian Spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus. Version: 02.2022. Available from: https://caucasus-spiders.info/ (accessed 1 February 206)
- Proszynski, J. (2003) Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 53, 1-180.