Sergei Lev Zonstein

Sergei Lev Zonstein Arachnologist, Israel.

• Department of Zoology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, 69978 Tel-Aviv, Israel

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• 120 taxon names authored by Sergei Lev Zonstein

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• Zonstein, S.L. 1984. [New species of mygalomorph spiders of the genus Brachythele (Aranei: Dipluridae: Diplurinae) in southern Kirghiz]. In: Fauna and Ecology of Arachnids. University of Perm, pp. 41-45. (in Russian).Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. & Fet, V.Y. 1985. A data on spider fauna of Turkmenia. II. Fam. Atypidae. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk (Biol. Nauk) 1985(6): 65-68. Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. 1987: A new genus of mygalomorph spiders of the subfamily Nemesiinae (Aranei, Nemesiidae) in the Palaearctic fauna. Zoologicheskii zhurnal 66(7): 1013-1019. Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. 1990: A synopsis of species of the spider family Filistatidae (Aranei) of the USSR with description of a new genus and a new species from Western Tien-Shan. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal 69(10): 50–53. Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. & Ovtchinnikov, S.V. 1999. A new Central Asian species of the spider genus Lachesana Strand, 1932 (Araneae, Zodariidae: Lachesaninae). Tethys Entomological Research 1: 59-62. Reference page. 

• Eskov, K.Y. & Zonstein, S.L. 2000. The first ctenizoid mygalomorph spiders from Eocene Baltic amber (Araneida: Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae). Paleontological Journal 34(Supplementary issue 3): S268–S274. full article part 1 (PDF) part 2 (PDF) Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. 2000: Two new species of the mygalomorph spider genus Raveniola Zonstein, 1987 from Southwestern Asia. Tethys Entomological Research 2: 49-52. Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. 2001: Notes on allocation of the mygalomorph spider genus Anemesia Pocock, 1895 (Araneae), with description of a new congener from Tajikistan. Tethys Entomological Research 3: 11-14. Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. 2009: A review of the mygalomorph spiders of the Raveniola caudata species-group (Araneae, Nemesiidae). Zootaxa 2217: 37–42. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. 2009a: Taxonomic notes on the genus Microfilistata (Araneae: Filistatidae), with a description of a new species from Turkmenistan. The Journal of Arachnology 37: 373–374 full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. & Marusik, Y.M. 2010. Raveniola niedermeyeri from Iran: redescription and new data on distribution (Araneae, Nemesiidae). ZooKeys 57: 51–57. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.57.497 Reference page. 

• Marusik, Y.M. & Zonstein, S.L. 2011. A synopsis of east-Mediterranean Synaphris Simon, 1894 (Araneae, Synaphridae) with a description of a new species from Israel. ZooKeys 82: 35–44. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys82.957. Reference page. 
• Schwendinger, P.J. & Zonstein, S.L. 2011. A taxonomic revision of the genus Phyxioschema (Araneae, Dipluridae), II: species from Central Asia. Zootaxa 2815: 28–48. Preview. . Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. & Marusik, Y.M. 2012. A review of the genus Raveniola (Araneae, Nemesiidae) in China, with notes on allied genera and description of four new species from Yunnan. ZooKeys 211: 71–99. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.211.3060 Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. & Marusik, Y.M. 2013. On Levymanus, a remarkable new spider genus from Israel, with notes on the Chediminae (Araneae, Palpimanidae). ZooKeys 326: 27–45. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.326.5344 Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S. & Marusik, Y.M. 2013a. Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Israel. Zootaxa 3671(1): 1–127. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3671.1.1 Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L., Marusik, Yu.M. & Koponen, S. 2013. Redescription of three species of Filistatidae (Araneae) described by C.F. Roewer from Afghanistan. Zootaxa 3745(1): 64–72. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.1.5 Reference page. 

• Marusik, Y.M. & Zonstein, S.L. 2014. A synopsis of Middle East Filistata (Aranei: Filistatidae), with description of a new species from Azerbaijan. Arthropoda Selecta 23(2): 199––205. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. 2014. A new species of the trapdoor spider genus Ummidia Thorell, 1875 (Aranei: Ctenizidae) from Afghanistan. Arthropoda Selecta 23(3): 269-271. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.23.3.05. . Reference page. 

• Li, S.Q. & Zonstein, S.L. 2015: Eight new species of the spider genera Raveniola and Sinopesa from China and Vietnam (Araneae, Nemesiidae). ZooKeys 519: 1–32. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.519.8784 Reference page. 
• Marusik, Y.M., Zonstein, S.L. & Omelko, M.M. 2015. Redescription of Phrurolithus flavipes (Araneae: Phrurolithidae), with the first description of the male. Zootaxa 4020(1): 197–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4020.1.10 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. & Marusik, Y.M. 2015. The first record of Andoharano Lehtinen, 1967 (Araneae: Filistatidae) from mainland Africa. African Invertebrates 56(2): 483–489. DOI: 10.5733/afin.056.0217 . Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. & Marusik, Yu.M. 2016. A revision of the spider genus Zaitunia (Araneae, Filistatidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 214: 1–97. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. & Marusik, Yu.M. 2016a. A review of the Spider Genus Atmetochilus of Sumatra, Indonesia, with First Analysis of Male Characters and Description of Three New Species (Araneae, Nemesiidae). Zoological Studies 55: 1-17. DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2016.55-10. . Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L., Marusik, Yu.M. & Omelko, M.M. 2016. Redescription of the type species of Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893 (Araneae, Palpimanidae, Chediminae). African Invertebrates 57(2): 93–103. DOI: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.9988. Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. & Marusik, Yu.M. 2017. Descriptions of the two-eyed African spider genera Chedimanops gen. n. and Hybosidella gen. n. (Araneae, Palpimanidae, Chediminae). African Invertebrates 58(1): 23–47. DOI: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.11448. Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L., Marusik, Yu.M. & Kovblyuk, M.M. 2017. New data on the spider genus Levymanus (Araneae: Palpimanidae). Oriental Insects 51(3): 221–226. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2016.1275989. Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.G., Marusik, Y.M. & Magalhaes, I.L.F. 2017. Labahitha nom.n., a replacement name for Mystes Bristowe, 1938, with a redescription of the type species (Aranei: Filistatidae). Arthropoda Selecta 26(4): 303–309. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.26.4.04 Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. 2018. A revision of the spider genus Anemesia (Araneae, Cyrtaucheniidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 485: 1–100. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. 2018a. Notes on Entypesa (Araneae: Nemesiidae) in the Field Museum of Natural History, with descriptions of four new species from Madagascar. Arachnology 17(9): 469-479. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2018.17.9.469. . Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. 2018b. Redescription of the lost and found male holotype of Ummidia gandjinoi (Andreeva, 1968) (Araneae: Ctenizidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 48(1): 17-20. Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L., Kunt, K.B. & Yağmur, E.A. 2018. A revision of the spider genus Raveniola (Araneae, Nemesiidae). I. Species from Western Asia. European Journal of Taxonomy 399: 1-93. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.399. . Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L., Marusik, Yu.M. & Grabolle, A. 2016. A remarkably small new species of Filistata (Aranei: Filistatidae) from Portugal. Arthropoda Selecta 27(1): 49–52. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L., Marusik, Yu.M. & Omelko, M.M. 2018. Redescription of the monotypic genus Scelidomachus Pocock, 1899 (Aranei: Palpimanidae) and its type species. Arthropoda Selecta 27(1): 53–56. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. 2019. New data on the spider genus Nemesia in Algeria (Araneae: Nemesiidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 49(1): 69-130. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3592368. . Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. & Marusik, Yu.M. 2019. On the revisited types of four poorly known African species of Palpimanus (Araneae, Palpimanidae). African Invertebrates 60: 83–95. DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.60.34229 Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. & Marusik, Yu.M. 2019. A revision of the spider genus Filistata (Araneae: Filistatidae). Arachnology 18(2): 53–93. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2018.18.2.53. Reference page. .

• Magalhães, I.L.F., Stockmann, M., Marusik, Y.M. & Zonstein, S.L. 2020. On Sahastata (Araneae: Filistatidae): complementary description of the generotype and two new species from Oman and Morocco. Pp 215–246 In Marusik, Yu.M., Haddad, C.R., Azarkina, G.N., Ballarin, F. & Crews, S.C. 2020. Festschrift in honour of Wanda Wesołowska on the occasion of her 70th birthday. Zootaxa 4899(1): 1–383. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.1 pdf Reference page.  Zootaxa 4899(1): 215–246. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.12. . Reference page. .
• Oketch, A.D., Zonstein, S.L., Kioko, E.N. & Li, S.Q. 2020. Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61(2): 93–106. DOI: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.61.54004. . Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. 2020. On Afromygale, a new mygalomorph spider genus from East Africa (Araneae: Pycnothelidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 50(1): 131-146. Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. & Marusik, Yu.M. 2020. Two new species of Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893 from Madagascar (Araneae, Palpimanidae). African Invertebrates 61(1): 1-15. DOI: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.61.47048. . Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. & Marusik, Yu.M. 2020a. A review of the spider genus Boagrius Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Palpimanidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68: 91–102. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2020-0010. . Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. 2021: A new species of Raveniola (Araneae, Nemesiidae) from Western Tien-Shan. Zootaxa 5006(1): 208–212. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5006.1.22. . Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. & Marusik, Yu.M. 2021. The first Western Palearctic record of Euprosthenops Pocock (Araneae, Pisauridae), with description of a new species from Israel. ZooKeys 1065: 13–27. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1065.74119. . Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. & Ríos-Tamayo, D. 2021. Afropesa, a new spider genus from South Africa (Araneae: Entypesidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 51: 7-34. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4719052. . Reference page. 

• Dimitrov, D.K. & Zonstein, S.L. 2022. A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159(4): 583–592. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7. . Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L., Marusik, Y.M. 2022. Redescription of the poorly known genus Ikuma Lawrence, with synonymy and description of a new species from Namibia (Araneae, Palpimanidae). African Invertebrates. 63(2): 105–119. DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.63.90530 Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L., Marusik, Y.M. 2022a. Descriptions of Sceliraptor gen. n. and two new species from Kenya (Araneae, Palpimanidae). Arachnology 19(Special Issue): 257-264. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.sp1.257. . Reference page. 

• Fomichev, A.A., Marusik, Yu.M. & Zonstein, S.L. 2023. New and poorly known species of Palpimanus Dufour, 1820 (Araneae, Palpimanidae) from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Zootaxa 5339(3): 256–272. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5339.3.3. . Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. 2023. A survey of the spider genus Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1871 (Aranei: Theraphosidae) in Israel, with description of a new species. Arthropoda Selecta 32(2): 197–212. Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L., Marusik, Y.M. 2023. New data on the spider genus Steriphopus, with description of a new species from India (Araneae: Palpimanidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 52: 41-50. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10435974. . Reference page. 

• Marusik, Y.M. & Zonstein, S.L. 2024. The spider genus Oecobius (Araneae: Oecobiidae) in Israel, with description of a new species and new synonymies. Israel Journal of Entomology 53: 49-62. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11532642. . Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L. 2024. A revision of the spider genus Raveniola (Araneae, Nemesiidae). II. Species from Central Asia. European Journal of Taxonomy 967: 1–185. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.967.2699. . Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L., Marusik, Y.M. 2024a. New records of Filistata Latreille (Araneae: Filistatidae) in Israel, with notes on F. albens and the first description of its female. Israel Journal of Entomology 53: 115-121. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13790933. . Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L., Marusik, Y.M. 2024b. A survey of Brignoliolus Ovchinnikov, 1999 stat. rev. (Araneae, Agelenidae) with the description of a new species from Israel. Zootaxa 5541(2): 215–226. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5541.2.6. . Reference page. 

• Zonstein, S.L. 2025. A redescription of Acanthinozodium odem (Levy, 2007) comb. nov. (Araneae, Zodariidae), with first description of the male. Zootaxa 5583(2): 391–397. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5583.2.10. Reference page. 
• Zonstein, S.L., Marusik, Y.M. 2025. Further notes on Raveniola Zonstein, 1987 (Araneae: Nemesiidae) in China, with descriptions of two new species from Sichuan. Arachnology 20(1): 45–51. Reference page. 

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