New taxonomic and zoological data on the Turkiye and Caucasian agelenid spiders are provided. Five species have been described as new to science. Maimuna antalensis sp. november (♂♀; Turkye: Antalya), Tehenaria Ballarini sp. november (♂♀; Turkye: Antalya), T. Beyazuchika sp. november (♂; Turkiye: Antalya), T. egrisiana sp. november (♂♀; Georgia: Imereti), and T. Höfeli sp. november (♂♀; Armenia: Kotaiku). Tehenaria Lazarovi Dimitrov, 2020, Shin. november is proposed as a new junior synonym for T. Averni Brignoli, 1978. persiscape Caucasian (Guseinov, Marsik & Koponen, 2005) is newly reported from Armenia; T. Chumachenkoy Kovblyuk & Ponomarev, 2008 was first reported from Turkiye. Updated new delivery record T. dalmatica Kurczynski, 1906; T. Hamid Brignoli, 1978, T. longimana Simon, 1898; T. Perculiosa Brignoli, 1972, and topotype material. T. Teke Brignoli, 1978 has been reported. record of Elatigena fuesrini from Tolkier (Pavesi, 1873) was found to be based on a misidentification and is herein T. Hamid. Presence of embolic vertebrae not known in other species of animals Tehenariais documented in T. angela Brignoli, first appeared in 1972. Photos of all treated species are provided.
Zamani A, Kaya RS, Marusik YuM (2024) New taxonomic and zoological data on Turkiye and Caucasian funnel-weavers (Araneae, Agelenidae), including five new species. Zookey 1218: 251-286. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1218.135249
