Parasyrisca Explained
Parasyrisca is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by E. Schenkel in 1963.[1] Originally placed with the sac spiders, it was moved to the Miturgidae in 1967,[2] then to the ground spiders in 1988.[3]
Species
it contains fifty-four species found throughout Europe to far eastern Asia, with the exception of P. orites, found in the United States and Canada:[4]
- P. alai Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan
- P. alexeevi Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Russia (Caucasus)
- P. altaica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Kazakhstan
- P. andarbag Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Tajikistan
- P. andreevae Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Tajikistan
- P. anzobica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Tajikistan
- P. arrabonica Szinetár & Eichardt, 2009 – Hungary
- P. asiatica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Russia (South Siberia), Mongolia
- P. balcarica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Russia (Caucasus)
- P. belengish Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Russia (South Siberia)
- P. belukha Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Russia (South Siberia)
- P. birikchul Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Russia (South Siberia)
- P. breviceps (Kroneberg, 1875) – Tajikistan
- P. bucklei Marusik & Fomichev, 2010 – Russia (South Siberia)
- P. caucasica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Russia (Caucasus)
- P. chikatunovi Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Tajikistan
- P. gissarika Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Tajikistan
- P. golyakovi Marusik & Fomichev, 2016 – Russia (South Siberia)
- P. guzeripli Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Russia (Caucasus)
- P. heimeri Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Mongolia
- P. helanshan Tang & Zhao, 1998 – China
- P. hippai Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Russia (South Siberia)
- P. holmi Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Russia (Far East, East Siberia)
- P. iskander Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Tajikistan
- P. khubsugul Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Mongolia
- P. koksu Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Kyrgyzstan
- P. kosachevi Fomichev, Marusik & Sidorov, 2018 – Mongolia
- P. kurgan Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Kyrgyzstan
- P. kyzylart Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Kyrgyzstan
- P. logunovi Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Russia (South Siberia)
- P. marusiki Kovblyuk, 2003 – Ukraine
- P. mikhailovi Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Russia (Caucasus)
- P. narynica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
- P. orites (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940) – USA, Canada
- P. otmek Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Kyrgyzstan
- P. paironica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Tajikistan
- P. pamirica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Tajikistan
- P. potanini Schenkel, 1963 (type) – Russia (South Siberia), Mongolia, China
- P. pshartica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Tajikistan
- P. schenkeli Ovtsharenko & Marusik, 1988 – Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China
- P. shakhristanica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Tajikistan
- P. sollers (Simon, 1895) – Mongolia, China
- P. songi Marusik & Fritzén, 2009 – China
- P. sulaki Fomichev, Marusik & Sidorov, 2018 – Kazakhstan
- P. susamyr Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Kyrgyzstan
- P. terskei Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Kyrgyzstan
- P. tronovorum Fomichev, Marusik & Sidorov, 2018 – Mongolia
- P. turkenica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Turkey
- P. tyshchenkoi Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Russia (South and East Siberia)
- P. ulykpani Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Russia (South Siberia), Mongolia
- P. vakhanski Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Tajikistan
- P. vinosa (Simon, 1878) – Europe (Alps, Pyrenees)
- P. volynkini Fomichev, 2016 – Russia (South Siberia)
- P. vorobica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 – Tajikistan
Notes and References
- Schenkel. E.. 1963. Ostasiatische Spinnen aus dem Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1–481. 25. A, Zool.
- Lehtinen. P. T.. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4. 256.
- Ovtsharenko. V. I.. Marusik. Y. M.. 1988. Spiders of the family Gnaphosidae (Aranei) of the north-east of the USSR (the Magadan Province). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie. 67. 214.
- Gen. Parasyrisca Schenkel, 1963. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
