Acantholycosa zonsteini
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Lycosidae
Genus: Acantholycosa
Name
Acantholycosa zonsteini Caporiacco, 1935 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Acantholycosa zonsteini Marusik, Yuri M., 2017, Zootaxa 4232: 597-599.
Materials Examined
Russia Khabarovsk S. Golovatch
Etymology
Etymology. The species name is a patronym in honour of our friend and colleague Sergei L. Zonstein, the leading expert in Old World Mygalomorphae, Filistatidae and Palpimanidae, on the occasion of his 60th birthday (29th of April 2016).
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. The new species is most similar to A. levinae Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004 (Fig. 11), a species known from Altai, Russia. Both species have rather large paleal apophysis (Pa), bilobated tip of embolus and flat and broad embolic tooth (Et). The two species differ by the size of the embolic tooth, which is much larger in A. zonsteini sp. n. (Figs 1, 11), by the tip of embolus (rounded in A. zonsteini sp. n., and sharply pointed in A. levinae). The new species also has the retrolateral part of palea rounded, while in A. levinae it is angled. Additionally, the two species have different number of ventral tibial spines, four pairs in A. zonsteini (Fig. 3) and five pairs in A. levinae. Acantholycosa zonsteini sp. n. differs from A. baltoroi by having an embolic spine, the tip of the embolus bilobated (both lacking in A. baltoroi,Fig. 10), and a large paleal apophysis, which is small, spine-like in A. baltoroi (Fig. 10).
Description
Description. Male. Carapace 3.43 long, 2.64 wide. Total length 5.86. Coloration poorly visible due to bad preservation of the only specimen. Carapace blackish, with yellow median band and short white setae near the eye area. Lateral stripes yellowish, poorly visible. Eye area blackish. Abdomen dark brown with cardiac mark and white spots. Chelicerae dark brown with long white setae. Maxillae yellow, labium brown. Sternum dark brown, without stripes and spots. Leg I without pubescence. Spination of leg I: femur with 3 dorsal, 2 prolateral and 2 retrolateral spines; tibia with 1 prolateral, 1 retrolateral and 4 pairs of ventral spines; metatarsus with 1 prolateral, 1 retrolateral and 2 pairs of ventral spines. All leg segments dark brown, except for light brown coxae, with light spots and rings. Male palp as in Figs 1–2, 4–9. Cymbium with two claws. Tegular apophysis (Ta) small, without apical arm. Terminal apophysis (Te) wide and long, claw-shaped. Paleal apophysis (Pa) large, triangular-shaped. Embolus wide, with broad tooth at the base (Et) and bilobated tip. Female unknown.
Femur Patella Tibia Metatarsus Tarsus I 3.40 1.28 3.33 3.30 11.31 II 3.22 1.36 3.12 3.22 10.92 III 2.83 1.25 2.75 3.39 10.22 IV 3.69 1.08 3.29 4.96 13.02 Khabarovsk
Distribution
Distribution. Type locality only.
Discussion
China Western Nearctic
Taxon Treatment
- Marusik, Yuri M.; Omelko, Mikhail M.; 2017: A new species of Acantholycosa baltoroi- group (Araneae: Lycosidae, Pardosinae) from the Russian Far East, Zootaxa 4232: 597-599. doi
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