SPIDERS (ARACHNIDA, ARANEI) OF THE TYLIGUL ESTUARY OF ODESA REGION (UKRAINE)

Abstract

Topicality. The article provides information about the species composition of spiders in the Tyligul estuary of Odesa region. Aim. Study of araneofauna of various biocenoses of the Tyligul estuary, Odesa region. Methods. Standard methods of collecting spiders were applied. We used Barber soil traps, hand collection, mowing with an entomological net. Results. During the research period between 2016 and 2020, 57 species of spiders from 22 families were discovered, among them 42 species were noted for the Tyligul estuary for the first time. For the first time, three species of spiders were noted for Odesa region: Zelotes eugenei Kovblyuk, 2009, Zelotes longipes (L. Koch, 1866) and Clubiona pseudoneglecta Wunderlich, 1994. The dominant species of the Tyligul estuary include the following species of spiders: Argiope bruennichi, Pardosa lugubris, Misumena vatia and Runcinia grammica. Subrecedents of the studied region include: Atypus muralis, Agroeca brunnea and Eresus kollari.