Taxonomic study describes two new Dysdera spider species in Mediterranean Türkiye, highlighting morphological divergence and expanding the regional fauna to 35 species.
Two new spider species, Dysdera antalyaensis sp. n. (♂, ♀) and D. kunti sp. n. (♂), are described from Antalya (Türkiye). Dysdera antalyaensis sp. n. is provisionally assigned to the asiatica species group based on somatic features, although its bulb morphology shows notable divergence and is distinguished from D. galinae Dimitrov, 2018 by the absence of an apical process on the male bulb and the distinctly crescent-shaped dorsal arch of the female vulva. Dysdera kunti sp. n. is assigned to the festai species group based on its characteristic four-coiled spermophor and the presence of three cheliceral teeth. The occurrence of pore-bearing mastidia in D. kunti sp. n. is also documented and discussed. These descriptions increase the known Dysdera fauna of Türkiye to 35.
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