Language: English
The research of the spider fauna of Slovenia dates back to the very beginning of binomial nomenclature, but the species records have never been summarized in a single work. In this contribution Rok Kostanjšek and Matjaž Kuntner fill the void in cataloguing central and southern European spider faunas by providing a critical review of published spider records in Slovenia. The new national checklist currently comprises 738 spider species, and will be regularly updated online (see Araneae Sloveniae at http://www.bioportal.si/katalog/araneae.php). This comprehensive volume will also facilitate more detailed regional araneological research and may help guide conservation decisions.
Introduction 2
Historic setting 2
Materials and methods 4
Species list 4
Slovenian spider species checklist (alphabetically by families) 6
Family AGELENIDAE 6
Family AMAUROBIIDAE 8
Family ANAPIDAE 9
Family ANYPHAENIDAE 9
Family ARANEIDAE 9
Family ATYPIDAE 13
Family CLUBIONIDAE 14
Family CYBAEIDAE 15
Family DICTYNIDAE 16
Family DYSDERIDAE 17
Family ERESIDAE 19
Family EUTICHURIDAE 19
Family FILISTATIDAE 20
Family GNAPHOSIDAE 20
Family HAHNIIDAE 24
Family LEPTONETIDAE 24
Family LINYPHIIDAE 24
Family LIOCRANIDAE 42
Family LYCOSIDAE 43
Family MIMETIDAE 49
Family MITURGIDAE 49
Family MYSMENIDAE 49
Family NEMESIIDAE 50
Family NESTICIDAE 50
Family OECOBIIDAE 50
Family OXYOPIDAE 51
Family PHILODROMIDAE 51
Family PHOLCIDAE 52
Family PHRUROLITHIDAE 52
Family PISAURIDAE 53
Family SALTICIDAE 53
Family SCYTODIDAE 58
Family SEGESTRIIDAE 58
Family SPARASSIDAE 59
Family TETRAGNATHIDAE 59
Family THERIDIIDAE 61
Family THERIDIOSOMATIDAE 66
Family THOMISIDAE 66
Family TITANOECIDAE 70
Family TRACHELIDAE 70
Family ULOBORIDAE 70
Family ZODARIIDAE 70
Family ZOROPSIDAE 71
Redeterminations and omissions from the list 71
Unconfirmed records 73
Nomina dubia 74
Nomina nuda 75
Conclusions 75
Acknowledgements 76
References 76