Biodiversity of spiders: On some taxa new to Serbia and to science

fauna of Serbia is represented by 618 species, belonging to 221 genera and 36 families. The number of species is relatively high compared to the number of spiders recorded from other countries of the Balkan Peninsula where, the greatest number of species is recorded from Bulgaria (910), followed by Greece (810), BIODIVERSITY OF SPIDERS: ON SOME TAXA NEW TO SERBIA AND TO SCIENCE. 1B. P. M. Curcic, 2C. C. Deltshev, 1V. T. Tomic and 1S. B. Curcic. 1Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; 2Institute of Zoology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.