A review of the spider genus Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 (Aranei: Agelenidae) of the Russian Caucasus and Ciscaucasia. I. Species close to Tegenaria abchasica Charitonov, 1941

Abstract. The abchasica species group of the genus Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 from the Russian Caucasus and Ciscaucasia is reviewed. The male of T. chumachenkoi Kovblyuk et Ponomarev, 2008 is described for the first time. The following five new species are described: Tegenaria komarovi Ponomarev, sp. n., Tegenaria latens Ponomarev, sp. n., Tegenaria lepida Ponomarev, sp. n., Tegenaria occulta Ponomarev, sp. n., Tegenaria osetica Ponomarev, sp. n. The conformation of palpal tibial process, conductor and tegular apophysis of the new species correspond to those in T. abchasica. New species together with T. abchasica and T. сhumachenkoi form a distinct species group that is distributed from the North-West Caucasus and Ciscaucasia to Georgia. A key to the North Caucasian species is given in English.ZooBank Article LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2E80974D-8109-4AD9-BC4D-B489801B78A