Updated Checklist of Ground Spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) of Turkey, with Zoogeographical and Faunistic Remarks

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This faunistic list of ground spider fauna from Turkey includes published records and original data. Eleven species are new to Turkish araneofauna. With this Study, a total of 107 species belonging to 26 genera of Gnaphosidae have been recorded from Turkey until the present time. For each species zoogeographical distribution is given. A zoogeographical classification is constructed according to the Current distribution of species. The largest groups are those of the widely distributed Palearctic and Europian-Asian.
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [106T133]; Erciyes University Scientific Research Project Unit [FBT-07-81]
The authors acknowledge the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) (Project No. 106T133) and Erciyes University Scientific Research Project Unit (Project No. FBT-07-81) for Financial support of this work. This paper includes sonic data of the doctoral thesis of the first author. We also thank Mr. Hakan Demir (Gazi University, Turkey), who collected some of the material presented in this paper. Maps Courtesy of www.theodora.com/maps, used with permission.