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Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Synaphosus  Platnick & Shadab, 1980   9 species

Synaphosus shirin Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994

Description
Distribution
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Global distribution (WSC 2026): Cyprus, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Iran
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Distribution List
Azerbaijan   (Ponomarev et al., 2019b) ||| Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2020b; Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 pdf

Chatzaki M, Russell-Smith A (2017) New species and new records of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Cyprus. Zootaxa 4329: 237-255 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Danışman T, Mamay M, Sabuncu Y (2020b) Taxonomic notes on genus Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Turkey. Serket 17: 127-132 pdf

Ovtsharenko V I, Levy G, Platnick N I (1994) A review of the ground spider genus Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 3095: 1-27 pdf

Ponomarev A V, Snegovaya N Y, Shmatko V Y (2019b) Synaphosus shirin Ovtsharenko, Levi [sic] et Platnik [sic], 1994 (Gnaphosidae) and Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763) (Pholcidae) – two new species of spiders (Aranei) in the fauna of the Caucasus. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 15: 233-235 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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