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Arachnologische Mitteilungen 44:41-46 Nürnberg,Dezember2012 A collection of spiders (Araneae) in Albanian coastal areas BlerinaVrenozi doi:10.5431/aramit4407 AbstractrThepresentstudyunitesdatafromseveralexcursionsintypicalMediterraneanlowlandecosystemsinAlbania duringtheyears2006to2009.Spidersfromseveraldifferenthabitattypesalongthecoastwereanalysedinsixdistricts: Saranda,Fieri,Kavaja,Durresi,Tiranaand Lezha.Intotal299adultspecimenswerecollected.Theybelongto82species, 60 genera and 22 families.Six species are new to the Albanian fauna:Aculepeiraarmida (Audouin, 1826),Zygiellax-notata (Clerck,1757),Histoponatorpida(C.L.Koch,1837),Malthonicacampestris(C.L.Koch,1834),Pellenestripunctatus(Walckenaer,1802) andPseudeuophryserratica(Walckenaer, 1826).With respecttozoogeography,thespiderfauna is mainlycharacterized by thepresenceofmanyPalaearcticspecies. Keywords:Albanianwestlowland,faunistics,Mediterranean The spider fauna ofAlbania remains insufficiently 3.Durresi-hillwithPinussp.,20ma.s.l.,N41T3’56”,E studied.The first reports were published by SIMON 19°31’30”,June2008. (1884),Strand(1919),Caporiacco(1932,1949), 4. Kavaja - mouth ofriver Shkumbini with Phragmites TGiOlNtGaIyO(R1G93I2)(,19D6r6e)nasnkdyD(E1E93L6E),MAScNh-eRnEkIeNlHO(1L9D47)&, saupsitnroaslai,s,0Tmamaa.sr.il.x,Nsp.4a1n°2d’3s9a”n,dyEd1u9n°e2s7’w8”i,thAuEgcuhisnto2p0h0o7r.a DEELEMAN (1988).Newand additionaldatacanbe 5.vFiilelargie,-0m—e1a5domw,a.sv.il.n,eyNar4d0s°4a4nTd9”b,uiEldi1n9g°s28i’n39H”a,vJaulneeas- foundinthepapersofDELTSHEV(1999),BLAGOEV September2007,April-May2008. (2005),Vrenozi&Haxhiu(2008),andDeltshev 6.Saranda-hillwithPinussp.andbushes,stonycoastwith et al. (2011). Considering the variety ofhabitats - shrubs,buildings,0-200ma.s.l.,N39°52T6”,E20T7”, and compared to records from otherMediterranean July2007 (Fig. l,Tab. 1). countries-manymorespiderspeciescanbeexpected tooccurinAlbania.Thepresentstudybuilds upon a series offaunistic papers about the Albanian spider fauna(VRENOZI &CHAXHIU2008,DELTSHEVetal. 2011)andazoogeographicanalysisofthedistribution oftherecordedspiderfaunafromthecoastalareasof Albania is presented. Materialsandmethods Field workwas carried out between 2006 and 2009 in six districts ofAlbania listed from north to south in the western lowlands (Fig. 1). Data on latitude andlongitude are taken from http://wikimapia.org : 1.Lezha-sandycoastofShengjinibeachwithPinussp., 0ma.s.l.,N41°46’55”,E 19°36T0”,June-August2007. 2.Tirana - Vora hill with Olea europaea, 144 m a.s.l., N 41°23T2”,E19°39’23”,June2007,April-May2008;Bo- tanicGarden,hillwithshrubs,106ma.s.l.,N41°18’37”, E 19°48’20”,June2007;DajtiMountain,NationalPark withFagussylvatica, 1480 m,N 41°21’25”, E 19°54’55”, June2007,June2008. BlerinaVRENOZI,UniversitetiiTiranes,FakultetiiShkencave Natyrore,QendraKerkimoreeFloresdheFaunes,Tirana- Albania;E-Mail:[email protected] eingereicht:9.4.2010,akzeptiert:31.7.2012;onlineverfügbar:28.12.2012 42 B.Vrenozi Vegetation, stones, rocks and ground, etc. were seemstobe“easy”.InAlbaniaonlyonefemalewasre- investigatedfortheirspidercontentbyhandcollect- cordedinSaranda,3.July2007onahillwithPinussp. ing, sweeping with entomological nets and beating. Spiders were killed with ether or chloroform and Histoponatorpida(C. L. Koch, 1837) A preservedinethanol(75%).Thematerialisdeposited Palaearcticspecies,widespreadinEuropeandRus- in theMuseum ofNatural Sciences inTirana. sia. H. torpidawas checked against H. italica andH. The primary literature used for identification luxurians. InAlbania three femaleswere recorded in included GRIMM (1985), HEIMER & NENTWIG Saranda,2.July2007 on a hillwith Pinussp. Maurer Metzner Nent- (1991), (1992), (1999), WIG et al. (2011), ROBERTS (1987, 1995), and Malthonicacampestris (C. L. Koch, 1834) TÜRKES & MERGEN (2008). In addition to these ThisspecieshasaCentralandEasternEuropeandis- citedreferences,specialistliteraturewasusedforiden- tributionwithafewadditionalrecordsinAzerbaijan. tifyingsomesimilarspecies:EresuskollariRossi,1846 InAlbania two femaleswere recorded in Saranda, 7. wasdistinguishedfromEresusmoravicusRezäc,2008 July2007 on the hill ofButrinti castle, on the walls & followingThaler Knoflach(2002)andRezäc ofthe castle and adjacentbushes. etal.(2008);Alopecosapulverulenta(Clerck,1757)and Trochosarobusta (Simon, 1876)were identifiedusing Pellenestripunctatus (Walckenaer, 1802) & Kronestedt (1990), Hepner Milasowszky This species has a Palaearctic distribution. Three (2006) andMILASOWSZKYetal. (1998)respectively. femaleswererecorded,2.June2008,inthe meadows Comparative specimens ofthese latter species were and forest with Fagus sylvatica of Dajti Mountain, subsequentlyreviewedbytheauthorinthe Sencken- Tirana District. berg Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main and in the Institute ofZoology, Sofia. Pseudeuophryserratica (Walckenaer, 1826) The order offamilies and nomenclature follows Thisis aPalaearctic species.The onlyfemalewas re- PLATNICK (2011). Data concerningthe general dis- cordedinSaranda,7.July2007,onthehillofButrinti tributionofspidersaretakenfromPLATNICK(2011) castle, onwalls andbushes. and HELSDINGEN (2011). According to their currentlyknown distribution the Results established 83 species can be classified into seven Thepresentstudyyielded 82 speciesbelongingto 60 chorotypes (TAGLIANTI et al. 1999), grouped into genera and 22 families (256 females, 43 males) (see three chorological complexes: I, Cosmopolitan; II, Tab. 1).Sixspeciesarerecordedhereforthefirsttime Holarctic; III, European (Tab. 1 and2). from Albania; five ofwhich were collected only in TheCosmopolitanspeciescomplex(COS,SCO) Saranda, the southern district ofAlbania: includes six species (7.3 %). The most frequently recorded complex is the Holarctic one (HOL, OW, Aculepeiraarmida (Audouin, 1826) PAL, WPA, ECA) which comprises 68 species Thisspeciesiswidelydistributedinthesouthernparts (82.9%).ThePalaearcticspecies(PAL,WPA,ECA) ofthe Palaearctic. The female ofA. armida can be comprise 55 species (67.1 %), inhabiting both low- distinguishedfromA.ceropegiabythestructureofthe lands and mountains, followed by Holarctic species epigyne.OnlyonefemalewasrecordedinSaranda,8. (HOL)with11 species(13.4%).OnlytwoOldWorld July2007,intheMirrorbeach,associatedwithrocky specieswererecorded,Argiopelobata(Pallas, 1772),six habitats and shrubs. females in the Saranda district, and Runciniagram- mica(C. L. Koch, 1837),one female atthe mouthof Zygiellax-notata (Clerck, 1757) the river Shkumbini in the Kavaja district and two Z. x-notatahas a Holarctic distribution and is prob- females in theTirana district.The European species ably also present in the Neotropics. In Europe it is complex (EUR) species is also well represented and synanthropic, so an introduction to other continents comprises eight species (9.8 %). SpidersalongAlbaniancoastalareas 43 Tab.1:Speciescompositionanddistributionofthespidersfoundinthestudyareas (*newspeciesforAlbania;LE-Lezha,TR-Tirana,DR-Durresi,KV-Kavaja,FR—Fieri,SR-Saranda.COS-Cosmopolitan;SCO- Subcosmopolitan;HOL-Holarctic;OW-OldWorld;PAL-Palaearctic;WPA-West-Palaearctic;ECA-European-CentralAsian; EUR-European). ListofSpecies LE TR DR KV FR SR Zoogeographical distribution Pholcidae Pholcusphalangoid.es(Fuesslin, 1775) 7$ 39 59 COS Segestridae Segestriasenoculata(Linnaeus, 1758) 19 PAL Dysderidae Dysderacrocata(C. L. Koch, 1838) 1? COS Dysderaerythrina(Walckenaer, 1802) 2$ EUR Oonopidae OonopsdomesticusDalmas, 1916 1$ EUR Eresidae EresuskollariRossi, 1846 3d ECA Theridiidae Asagenaphalerata(Panzer, 1801) IS,29 PAL Steatodapaykulliana(Walckenaer, 1805) 59 19 WPA Steatodatriangulosa(Walckenaer, 1802) 19 COS Linyphiidae Agnyphantesexpunctus(O.P.-Cambridge, 1875) 39 IS,29 PAL Bolyphantesluteolus(Blackwall, 1833) 29 PAL Floroniabucculenta(Clerck, 1757) 19 EUR Frontinellinafrutetorum(C.L. Koch, 1834) 59 19 PAL Lepthyphantesminutus(Blackwall, 1833) 29 HOL Linyphiatriangularis(Clerck, 1757) 59 PAL Pityohyphantesphrygianus(C. L. Koch, 1836) 59 3d 2S PAL Tetragnathidae Tetragnathaextensa(Linnaeus, 1758) 99 HOL TetragnathanigritaLendl, 1886 59 PAL Araneidae *Aculepeiraarmida(Audouin, 1826) 19 PAL Aculepeiraceropegia(Walckenaer, 1802) 19 19 19 19 PAL Agalenatearedii(Scopoli, 1763) 29 PAL AraneusangulatusClerck, 1757 49 69 PAL AraneusdiadematusClerck, 1757 89 19 49 69 HOL AraneusquadratusClerck, 1757 3d PAL Araneustriguttatus(Fabricius, 1793) 19 PAL Argiopebruennichi(Scopoli, 1772) 29 19 29 49 PAL OW Argiopelobata(Pallas, 1772) 69 Araniellacucurbitina(Clerck, 1757) 19 19 PAL Cyclosaconica(Pallas, 1772) 79 HOL Cyclosainsulana(Costa, 1834) 69 SCO Cyclosaoculata(Walckenaer, 1802) 49 PAL Hypsosingaheri(Hahn, 1831) 19 PAL Larinioidescornutus(Clerck, 1757) 39 19 59 29 HOL Larinioidesixobulus(Thorell, 1873) 19 PAL Mangoraacalypha(Walckenaer, 1802) 19 PAL *Zygiellax-notataClerck, 1757 19 HOL Lycosidae Alopecosapulverulenta(Clerck, 1757) 29 PAL Pardosaagricola(Thorell, 1856) 3d ECA Pardosapullata(Clerck, 1757) 19 ECA Trochosarobusta(Simon, 1876) 19 PAL TrochosaterricolaThorell, 1856 Id,29 29 HOL Pisauridae Pisauramirabilis(Clerck, 1757) 19 19 19 PAL 44 B.Vrenozi ListofSpecies LE TR DR KV FR SR Zoogeographical distribution Oxyopidae OxyopesheterophthalmusLatreille, 1804 19 PAL OxyopeslineatusLatreille, 1806 19 PAL Agelenidae Agelenalabyrinthica(Clerck, 1757) 39 PAL *Histoponatorpida(C. L. Koch, 1843) 39 PAL *Malthonicacampestris(C. L. Koch, 1834) 29 EUR Tegenariadomestka(Clerck, 1757) id,3? 49 COS Textrixdenticulata (Olivier, 1789) 19 19 EUR Dictynidae Cicurinacicur(Fabricius, 1793) 19 ECA Nigmapuella(Simon, 1870) 19 EUR Titanoecidae Titanoecaquadriguttata(Hahn, 1833) 19 PAL Miturgidae Cheiracanthiumpunctorium(Villers, 1789) 19 ECA Clubionidae ClubionabrevipesBlackwall, 1841 19 PAL ClubionacaerulescensL. Koch, 1867 19 PAL Clubionacorticalis(Walckenaer, 1802) 2d,69 ECA ClubionadiversaO.P-Cambridge, 1862 19 1(5,19 PAL Gnaphosidae EUR Drassodescupreus(Blackwall, 1834) 2(5,49 Drassylluspraeficus(L. Koch, 1866) 19 ECA Scotophaeusblackwalli(Thorell, 1871) 1(5 COS WPA Scotophaeusscutulatus(L. Koch, 1866) 19 Sparassidae Micrommatavirescens(Clerck, 1757) Id,29 19 PAL Philodromidae Tibellusoblongus(Walckenaer, 1802) 19 HOL Thomisidae Heriaeushirtus(Latreille, 1819) 29 EUR Misumenavatia(Clerck, 1757) 19 HOL OW Runciniagrammica(C. L. Koch, 1837) 29 19 Synemaglobosum(Fabricius, 1775) 49 PAL Synemaplorator(O P-Cambridge, 1872) 19 ECA . ThomisusonustusWalckenaer, 1805 2d,109 19 19 19 PAL Xysticuscristatus(Clerck, 1757) 5d,79 PAL ECA Xysticusrobustus(Hahn, 1832) 1(5 Salticidae Aelurillusv-insignitus(Clerck, 1757) 19 19 PAL Carrhotusxanthogramma(Latreille, 1819) 19 PAL Euophrysfrontalis(Walckenaer, 1802) 4(5 PAL Evarchafalcata(Clerck, 1757) 19 PAL Heliophanusfiavipes(Hahn, 1832) 19 PAL ECA HeliophanustribulosusSimon, 1868 4(5 *Pellenestripunctatus(Walckenaer, 1802) 39 PAL Philaeuschrysops(Poda, 1761) 2(5 PAL *Pseudeuophryserratica(Walckenaer, 1826) 19 PAL HOL Salticusscenicus(Clerck, 1757) 89 HOL Sitticuspubescens(Fabricius, 1775) 19 Numberofspecies 3 42 11 6 31 22 Numberofindividuals 10 121 14 23 77 56 . SpidersalongAlbaniancoastalareas 45 Tab.2:Speciesnumberaccordingtocomplexesandchorotypes.AbbreviationsasinTab.1 Complexes Chorotypes speciesnumber % COS COS 5 6.1 SCO 1 1.2 Total 6 7.3 HOL 11 13.4 OW 2 2.4 HOL PAL 43 52.4 WPA 2 2.4 ECA 10 12.2 Total 68 82.9 EUR EUR 8 9.8 Total 8 9.8 Acknowledgements IexpressmysincereappreciationtoProf.Dr.IdrizHaxhiu GlLTAYL.(1932):ArachnidesrecueillisparM.d’Orchymont forhissupportduringfieldwork.Ikindlyacknowledgethe aucoursdesesvoyagesauxBalkansetenAsieMineure InstituteofZoologyinSofiaandtheSenckenbergResearch en 1929, 1931 et 1932.-BulletinduMuseed’Histoire InstituteinFrankfurtamMainwhichprovidedlaboratory naturelle deBelgique 8 (22): 1-40 facilitiesforreviewingthespidermaterial.Iamgratefulto GRIMMU.(1985):DieGnaphosidaeMitteleuropas(Arach- Dr. PeterJäger and Dr. Christo Deltshevwho confirmed nida,Araneae).-AbhandlungendesNaturwissenschaft- theidentificationofsomespeciesandhelpedtorevisethis lichenVereinsinHamburg26: 1-318 paper.IexpressmysincereacknowledgementstoTheoBlick HEIMERS.&W.NENTWIG(1991):SpinnenMitteleuro- TpaonhrdetD“troA.CaAcEmcboSrmTpolUsiDsHhäYntTghgiOsiU,wRowSrhk”oaognfafdveerteoidmpppraoerrstteianalnttftishnueagngrceeissautllitsosunpsa-.t HELppaaSseD:aIEDNianGtEaBbNeassPte.iJ,.mvmveaurnnsig(os2nb0u11c1.)h2:0.1A1Pr.aau-nleIPanaetr.eerynI,en:tB:eFrhlatiuntn.pa:5/4E/3uwrwpowp-.. the EuropeanCongressofArachnology,Alexandroupolis, european-arachnology.org/reports/fauna.shtml[accessed Greece 2009. 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