Spider fauna of the Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reserve

The checklist is a compilation of the literature data and the recent investigations of the spider communities in the Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reserve, located in the Central European Russia (Moscow Region). The place is characterized by the compound landscape, including the boreal, nemoralis, and steppe components. The compiled information about spider fauna of the Reserve was not published before 2015, and the references about previous collections cited from the Spider Catalogue of the Moscow Region (Mikhailov, 1983, in Russian). To date, 284 spider species of 145 genera were registered in the Prioksko-Terrasnyi Reserve. Species names are given according to the World Spider Catalogue (version17.5).