New data of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Cyprus. I. Dysderidae found in caves

WOS: 000458882700003PubMed ID: 30814904This paper is the first in a series describing the previously unstudied cave spiders from Cyprus. Two new species, Dysderocnstes kibrisensis sp. n. and Harpactea kalavachiana sp. n., are described. Detailed morphological descriptions and diagnostic characteristics are presented. This is the first report of the genus Dysderocrates Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman, 1988 from Cyprus.European Union, Caves of Kyrenia Mountains Project: Research, Conservation, and Education through "Cypriot Civil Society in Action V Program" [2015/371-989]; US Embassy in NicosiaThis study was produced with the financial support of the European Union as part of the "Caves of Kyrenia Mountains Project: Research, Conservation, and Education through "Cypriot Civil Society in Action V Program" (contract number: 2015/371-989) and co-funded by the US Embassy in Nicosia. This research was led by Magara Meraklilari Dernegi (Cave Enthusiasts NGO) in Cyprus and the Union of International Speleology (UIS) in Slovenia. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union. We are deeply indebted to Ferhat Altunsoy (Eskisehir, Turkey) and Mert Elverici (Ankara, Turkey) who photographed the holotypes of the new species. We also thank Yuri Marusik (Magadan, Russia) who kindly provided a photograph of the vulva of Harpactea parthica from Iran. We thank the anonymous reviewers for their careful reading of our manuscript and their many insightful comments and suggestions. The English of the final text was kindly checked by Sarah Crews (San Francisco, USA)