First Data on the Spider Fauna of Bayburt, with a New Record and Additional Notes (Arachnida: Araneae)

Nurcan Demircan Aksan; Zikra Batur

doi:10.17776/csj.1634509

First Data on the Spider Fauna of Bayburt, with a New Record and Additional Notes (Arachnida: Araneae)

Abstract

This study, which is the first araneo-fauna survey in Bayburt province, was carried out around the Bâbertî Campus of Bayburt University between June and September 2023. A total of 38 species belonging to 14 families were identified in the study. These species constitute the first locality records of Bayburt province. Of these species, Titanoeca tristis L. Koch, 1872 is determined as a new record for Türkiye. Also, the presence of Pardosa aquila Buchar & Thaler, 1998 is confirmed by the present study. Detailed descriptions, photographs and world distribution data of both species are presented. In addition, the copulatory organs of Pardosa aquila Buchar & Thaler, 1998 are compared with those of its closest relative, Pardosa italica Tongiorgi, 1966, found in the same region. All species identified in the study area are listed with their world distributions and references in Türkiye. Keywords: Araneae, Titanoeca tristis, biodiversity, Bayburt.

Keywords

Supporting Institution

TÜBİTAK

Project Number

1919B012216699

Ethical Statement

We declare that it is among the studies that do not require ethics committee approval

Thanks

This study was supported by TÜBİTAK 2209-A University Students Research Projects Support Program with application number 1919B012216699 in the 2022/2 period.

References

[1] Danışman T., Kunt K.B., Özkütük R.S., Coşar İ., The Checklist of the Spiders of Turkey. Version 2024. Available at: http://www.spidersofturkey.info. Retrieved February 02, 2025.
[2] Nentwig W., Blick T., Bosmans R., Hänggi A., Kropf C., Stäubli A., Spiders of Europe. Version 02.2025. Available at: https://www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Retrieved February 02, 2025.
[3] World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern. Available at: http://wsc.nmbe.ch, Retrieved February 01, 2025.
[4] Otto S., Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Available at caucasus-spiders.info. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
[5] Hubert M., Remarques sur quelques espèces d'araignées appartenant au genre Titanoeca Thorell 1870, Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 38 (1966) 238-246.
[6] Kratochvíl J., Rod pavouku Titanoeca Thor. v Ceskoslovenske republice, Sborník Přírodovědecké Společnosti v Moravské Ostravě, 7 (1932) 11-23.
[7] Buchar J., Thaler K., Lycosidae from the high alpine zone of the Caucasus range, with comparative remarks on the fauna of the Alps (Arachnida: Araneae), Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 30 (1998) 705-717.
[8] Akpınar A., Varol İ., Contributions to the Turkish Wolf Spiders (Arachnida: Lycosidae), Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 65 (2) (2013) 271–272.

[9] Demircan Aksan N., Topçu A., A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye, Serket 19 (2022) 39-56.
[10] Helsdingen P.J., van, A quick scan of the spider fauna of the European part of Turkey, Nieuwsbrief Spinnenwerkgroep Nederland, 33 (2013) 29-38.
[11] Danışman T., Coşar İ., Özgen İ., Three new Clubiona records for the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae: Clubionidae), Serket, 16 (2018) 90-95.
[12] Demircan N., Topçu A., First records for spider fauna of the European part of Turkey (Araneae), Serket, 15 (2) (2016) 85-91.
[13] Demircan Aksan N., Batur Z., A new record of genus Turkozelotes from Türkiye (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), Serket, 20 (2024) 116-118.
[14] Kovblyuk M.M., Seyyar O., Demir H., Topçu A., New taxonomic and faunistic data on the gnaphosid spiders of Turkey (Aranei: Gnaphosidae), Arthropoda Selecta, 18 (2009) 169-187.
[15] Türkeş T., New records of Linyphiidae (Araneae) for Turkish araneo-fauna, Serket, 16 (2019) 170-172.
[16] Efil L., Bayram A., Deltshev C., The determination of spider species (Araneae) in alfalfa areas in Southeast Anatolia Region, Türkiye Entomoloji Bülteni, 2 (2012) 31-35.
[17] Demir H., Seyyar O., Aktaş M., Contributions to the knowledge of the genus Oecobius Lucas, 1846 from Turkey (Araneae: Oecobiidae), Turkish Journal of Zoology, 33 (2009) 457-462.
[18] Uyar Z., Kaya R.S., Uğurtaş İ.H., Systematics of the philodromid spider fauna of Uludağ Mountain region (Araneae: Philodromidae) with a review of the Philodromidae in Turkey, Serket, 12 (2010) 47-60.
[19] Logunov D.V., Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae), Arthropoda Selecta, 24 (2015) 33-85.
[20] Özşen Ö., Türkeş T., The first record of genus Phintella (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Turkish spider fauna, Serket, 11 (2009) 79-81.
[21] Uyar Z., Uğurtaş İ.H., Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Northwest Anatolia (Turkey), Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 64 (2012) 235-240.
[22] Bosmans R., Van Keer J., The genus Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880 in the Mediterranean region (Araneae: Theridiidae), Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 11 (6) (1999) 209-241.
[23] Kaya R.S., Uğurtaş İ.H., The cobweb spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae) of Uludağ Mountain, Bursa, Serket, 12 (2011) 144-153.
[24] Van Keer J., Bosselaers J., Oger P., Description of four new Steatoda species (Araneae: Theridiidae) from the Mediterranean region with notes on some related species, Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society, 39 (2, supplement) (2024) 1-77.
[25] Demir H., Aktaş M., Topçu A., New records of little-known species of Xysticus C. L. Koch, 1835 in Turkey, Zoology in the Middle East, 46 (2009) 99-102.
[26] Danışman T., Sancak Z., Erdek M., Coşar İ., Some new records of cribellate spiders for the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae: Zoropsidae, Dictynidae, Titanoecidae), Journal of Anatolian Natural Sciences, 2 (2011) 16-20.
[27] Song D.X., Zhu M.S., Chen J., The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, (1999) 640.
[28] Tongiorgi P., Italian Wolf spiders of the genus Pardosa (Araneae: Lycosidae), Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 134 (1966) 275-334.
[29] Zamani A., Tanasevitch A.V., Nadolny A.A., Esyunin S.L., Marusik Y.M., New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Aranei), Euroasian Entomological Journal, 18 (2019) 233-243.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Animal Systematics and Taxonomy

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Nurcan Demircan Aksan ^*
0000-0003-2924-9291
Türkiye

Zikra Batur
0009-0007-8963-6871
Türkiye

Publication Date

September 30, 2025

Submission Date

February 6, 2025

Acceptance Date

July 29, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 46 Number: 3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17776/csj.1634509

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA89PJ29UH

Cite

RIS / Bibtex

APA

Demircan Aksan, N., & Batur, Z. (2025). First Data on the Spider Fauna of Bayburt, with a New Record and Additional Notes (Arachnida: Araneae). Cumhuriyet Science Journal, 46(3), 478-482. https://doi.org/10.17776/csj.1634509