Zonstein S.L. 2025. New data on the spider genus Siwa Grasshoff, 1970 (Aranei: Araneidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.34. No.2: 287–293 [in English].
The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, 69978 Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Sergei Zonstein: serzon56@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4515-0630
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.2.13
ABSTRACT. The orb-weaver spider Siwa dufouri (Simon, 1874) is ocurred in Israel for the first time, in addition to S. atomaria (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876), previously known from this country. In its turn, the latter species, as well as the genus Siwa Grasshoff, 1970, are recorded for the first time in Uzbekistan, and in the entire Central Asian region. A new synonymy is established: Larinia dufouri Simon, 1874 = Neoscona lotan Levy, 2007, syn.n.
KEY WORDS: Araneae, orb-weaver spiders, first record, Uzbekistan, Near East.