Ground spiders (Gnaphosidae, Araneae) of Crete and adjacent areas of Greece. Taxonomy and distribution. II

Further results of a comprehensive study of ground spiders (Gnaphosidae) from Crete and the surrounding islands Gavdos, Gavdopoula and Dia, the islands Antikithyra, Kos and Karpathos, and from Attiki and Peloponnisos on the Greek mainland, are presented. The taxonomy and distribution of 17 species, belonging to the genera Anagraphis, Berinda, Berlandina, Gnaphosa, Nomisia, Drassodes, Leptodrassus, Scotophaeus, Synaphosus, Cryptodrassus and Cesonia are analyzed. Two species, Nomisia palaestina and Synaphosus palearcticus, and the genus Cesonia are recorded for the first time in Europe. Four new species, Berinda aegilia, Drassodes oreinos, Cryptodrassus creticus and Cesonia aspida are described and three new combinations (Anagraphis pallida [transferred from Talanites], Drassodes serratichelis [from Mesklia] and Synaphosus trichopus [from Zelotes]) are proposed. Drassodes volidis and Scotophaeus subcorticis are recognised as new synonyms of D. lutescens and S. peninsularis, respectively. The genus Mesklia Roewer is placed in the synonymy of Drassodes.