Descriptions of Two New Spider Species, with New Data on the Albanian Arachnofauna (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Pseudoscorpiones and Scorpiones)

Forty-five species of arachnids have been collected from 14 localities in Albania. These belong to four orders: Araneae (38 species of 19 families), Opiliones (2 species of 2 families), Pseudoscorpiones (2 species of 2 families) and Scorpiones (3 species of 2 families). From them, two new spider species are described and illustrated: Bassaniodes blagoevi sp. n. (male) (Thomisidae) and Mesiotelus deltshevi sp. n. (female) (Liocranidae). Theridion glaucinum Simon, 1881 is reported for the first time for the Balkan Peninsula. The families Filistatidae (Araneae) and Olpiidae (Pseudoscorpiones) are reported as new for Albania as well as six genera: Araneae: Attulus Simon, 1889, Bianor Peckham & Peckham, 1886, Filistata Latreille, 1810, SilhouetteIla Benoit, 1979; Pseudoscorpiones: Calocheiridius Beier & Turk, 1952 and Rhacochelifer Beier, 1932. Fourteen species are recorded for the firs time for the Albanian fauna. The known numbers of species of spiders and false scorpions in Albania reach 502 and 25 species, respectively.