Abstracts of Volume 20 Number 1, 2009

Marusik,Yu. M.& Koponen, S. 2009: A new species of Uusitaloia Marusik, Koponen & Danilov (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae), a genus thought to be monotypic, from the Wrangel Island, NE Russia. - Entomol. Fennica 20: 18-21.

A new species, Uusitaloia wrangeliana sp. n. is described on the basis of two males from the arctic Wrangel Island, NE Russia. The type species of the genus, which has been thought to be monotypic, U. transbaicalica Marusik, Koponen & Danilov, 2001 is redescribed. The position of the genus within its subfamily is also briefly discussed.