Scientific Research and Essays Vol. 1 (1), 026-027, October 2006          
© 2006 Academic Journals

Short Communication

Phaeocedus is a new genus of ground spider (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in Turkey

Osman SEYYAR^1*, Hakan DEMİR², Aydın TOPÇU² and Abdulkadir TAŞDEMİR¹

¹Erciyes University, Science and Art Faculty, Department of Biology, TR-38039 Kayseri/TURKEY.

²Niğde University, Science and Art Faculty, Department of Biology, TR-51200 Niğde/TURKEY.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: osmanseyyar@hotmail.com.

Accepted 25 October, 2006

The spider genus Phaeocedus belonging to family of Gnaphosidae is recorded from Turkey for the first time. The characteristic features are described and illustrated, and data on distribution are given.

Key words:  Gnaphosidae,  Phaeocedus,  Turkey.