Cesonia aspida Chatzaki, 2002

Zamani, Alireza, Nuruyeva, Tamara, Snegovaya, Nataly, Freyhof, Jörg, Mustafayev, Namiq & Marusik, Yuri M., 2025, New records of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Azerbaijan, including the first record of Nephilidae from the Western Palaearctic, Arachnology 20 (1), pp. 132-137 : 132-133

Cesonia aspida Chatzaki, 2002 ( Fig. 2A–B )

Cesonia aspida Chatzaki , in Chatzaki, Thaler & Mylonas (2002): 624, figs. 63–68 (♂♀).

Gnaphosidae gen. sp. 2: Marusik, Guseinov & Aliev (2005): 138, fig. 6 (♀, habitus only).

For a complete list of four taxonomic entries, see World Spider Catalog (2025).

Material: AZERBAIJAN: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic: 1♀ ( ZMMU), Dasharkh Vill ., 39°33′37.7″N 45°02′31.8″E, 870 m, 01–04 April 2003 (Yu. M. Marusik).

Distribution: Crete, Turkey ( World Spider Catalog 2025), Azerbaijan (the present paper). This species is currently known from only three localities, with the new record from Azerbaijan representing the northeasternmost record in its known range.

Figures

Fig. 2: Cesonia aspida (A–B), Civizelotes solstitialis (C), Gnaphosa ukrainica (D–E), and Cryptodrassus hungaricus (F), epigynes. A, D macerated, ventral views; B, E dorsal views; C, F intact, ventral views. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.