Agroeca cuprea Menge, 1873

Zarikian, Noushig A., Propistsova, Evgenia A. & Marusik, Yuri M., 2021, On spider families (Arachnida: Araneae) new to Armenia, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 51 (1), pp. 103-117 : 108-109

Agroeca cuprea Menge, 1873

Material examined: Ararat Province: 2♀, env. of Urtsadzor , 39°54'00"N 44°50'53"E, 1200–1300 m, on clay slope, 6.v.2021 ; 1♀, env. of Urtsadzor , 39°55'26"N 44°48'53"E, 1040 m, clay canyons, 6.v.2021 . Vayots Dzor Province: 1♀, Shatin, Scenic place, 39°50'49"N 45°19'E, 9.v.2021 . Kotayk Province: 1♀, env. of Solak , 40°28'24"N 44°42'57"E, 14.v.2021 .

Comments: Females of this species have characteristic shape of epigyne and cannot be confused with the other two congeners occurring in the region; previously reported from the Northern Caucasus and Nakhchivan ( Otto 2020).