TY - JOUR A1 - Vrenozi, Bierini T1 - A collection of spiders (Araneae) in Albanian coastal areas T2 - Arachnologische Mitteilungen N2 - The present study unites data from several excursions in typical Mediterranean lowland ecosystems in Albania during the years 2006 to 2009. Spiders from several different habitat types along the coast were analysed in six districts: Saranda, Fieri, Kavaja, Durrësi, Tirana and Lezha. In total 299 adult specimens were collected. They belong to 82 species, 60 genera and 22 families. Six species are new to the Albanian fauna: Aculepeira armida (Audouin, 1826), Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757), Histopona torpida (C. L. Koch, 1837), Malthonica campestris (C. L. Koch, 1834), Pellenes tripunctatus (Walckenaer, 1802) and Pseudeuophrys erratica (Walckenaer, 1826). With respect to zoogeography, the spider fauna is mainly characterized by the presence of many Palaearctic species. KW - Albanian west lowland KW - faunistics KW - Mediterranean Y1 - 2012 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/28951 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-289516 SN - 1018-4171 VL - 44 SP - 41 EP - 46 ER -