Scientific Research and Essays

  • Abbreviation: Sci. Res. Essays
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1992-2248
  • DOI: 10.5897/SRE
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2768

Short Communication

Phaeocedus is a new genus of ground spider (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in Turkey

Osman SEYYAR1*, Hakan DEMÄ°R2, Aydın TOPÇU2 and Abdulkadir TAÅžDEMÄ°R1
  1Erciyes University, Science and Art Faculty, Department of Biology, TR-38039 Kayseri/TURKEY. 2NiÄŸde University, Science and Art Faculty, Department of Biology, TR-51200 NiÄŸde/TURKEY.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 25 October 2006
  •  Published: 31 October 2006

Abstract

 

The spider genus Phaeocedus belonging to family of Gnaphosidae is recorded from Turkey for the first time. The characteristic features are described and illustrated, and data on distribution are given.

 

Key words:  Gnaphosidae,  Phaeocedus,  Turkey.