Abstract
In the course of an extensive sampling of ground spiders in mainland Greece, six new species, namely, Civizelotes akmon n.sp., Drassyllus centrohellenicus n.sp., Drassyllus covid n.sp., Drassyllus dadianus n.sp., Phaeocedus similaris n.sp., and Zeloteshistio n.sp., all belonging to the family Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892, were identified and are described. Furthermore, taxonomic comments on Civizelotes gracilis (Canestrini, 1868) and its relationship with C. pygmaeus (Miller, 1943), Drassyllus dadia Komnenov & Chatzaki, 2016, as well as on Zelotes olympi (Kulczyński, 1903) and its relationship with Z. talpinus (L. Koch, 1872) are provided. Drassodes omalosis Roewer, 1928 is removed from the synonymy of D. unicolor (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) and the species is revalidated.
Highlights
The spiders of Greece have attracted the interest of arachnologists for taxonomic work due to the diversity and high endemism rates of their species
The name of this species refers to the peculiar shape of the large retrolateral median apophysis of the bulbus, resembling the shape of the second little bone of the human ear, called “akmon”, it is a noun in apposition
The specific name is attributed to the difficult situation experienced globally during the period of the description due to the COVID-19 virus pandemia, it is a noun in apposition
Summary
The spiders of Greece have attracted the interest of arachnologists for taxonomic work due to the diversity and high endemism rates of their species. The knowledge of spiders on the Greek mainland, especially the northern parts of the country, is much poorer as this fauna has been seriously neglected by arachnologists To this end, an effort was made in the previous years to direct the attention to the spiders of the least known areas of Greece, and an extensive survey was conducted with sampling mainly using pitfall traps in many faunistically interesting parts of the country’s mainland. An effort was made in the previous years to direct the attention to the spiders of the least known areas of Greece, and an extensive survey was conducted with sampling mainly using pitfall traps in many faunistically interesting parts of the country’s mainland This is a further contribution to a series of taxonomic works, i.e., [8,9] dealing with the material collected on the Greek mainland. It focuses on the ground spiders Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892 and results in six new species and further taxonomic notes for the Greek arachnofauna
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