A new species of Dendryphantes C. L. Koch, 1837 (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Caucasus, with notes on the state of knowledge of the dendryphantines in the Old World

A new species of the jumping spiders, Dendryphantes alanicusn. sp. (♂), from the northern Caucasus (Russia) is diagnosed, illustrated and described. A brief discussion of the state of knowledge of the genus Dendryphantes C. L. Koch, 1837 and other dendryphantine genera in the Old World is provided.