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© 2016. Indian Journal of Arachnology 5 (1-2): 130-142 ISSN 2278-1587 (Online) REDESCRIPTION OF FOUR WOLF-SPIDERS (ARANEAE: LYCOSIDAE) FROM INDIA Tian Lu1, Lu-Yu Wang1, Priyanka Hadole2 and Zhi-Sheng Zhang1* 1Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China 2Department of Zoology, SGB Amravati University, Amravati 444601, India *Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT Four Lycosidae species from India are redescribed: Arctosa mulani (Dyal, 1935), Lycosa poonaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1980, Pardosa sutherlandi (Gravely, 1924) and Wadicosa fidelis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872). Digital pictures, SEM photos and illustrations are provided. Keywords: Wolf spiders, India, photos, SEM, illustration. INTRODUCTION The wolf spider family Lycosidae is a large group with 123 genera and 2397 species from all the continents except the Antarctica (World Spider Catalog, 2016). The Indian Subcontinent has great diversity of spiders, including more than one hundred lycosids. Four species of Lycosidae were confirmed and are redescribed in this paper: Arctosa mulani (Dyal, 1935), Lycosa poonaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1980, Pardosa sutherlandi (Gravely, 1924) and Wadicosa fidelis(O. Pickard -Cambridge, 1872). MATERIAL AND METHODS Genitalias were photographed, scanned and illustrated, using Leica M205A stereo microscope and Zeiss EVO LS10 SEM. Habitus digitalized using Canon 7D Camera (alive) and under M205A (preserved). We examined the specimens from Amravati and the Melghat Tiger Reserve. All specimens examined here are deposited in the School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China (SWUC). TAXONOMY Family Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833 Arctosa mulani (Dyal, 1935) (Figures1A–H, 2A–D, 3A–D, 12 A–B) Pardosa mulani Dyal, 1935: 146, pl. 13, figs. 45–46 (♀). Arctosa mulani Tikader & Malhotra, 1980: 373, figs. 247–251 (♂♀). Diagnosis. This species is similar to Arctosa tridentata Chen & Song, 1999 (Chen & Song, 1999: 139, figs 4–7), but differs from the latter by the presence of a strong terminal apophysis, wide conductor and strong median apophysis (Figures 1C–F, 2A–D, 3A–B). December, 2016 130 Redescription of four wolf-spiders from India Tian et al. Figure 1A–H. Arctosa mulani (Dyal, 1935), male (A, C–F) and female (B, G–H) from Melghat Tiger Reserve. A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Female habitus, dorsal view; C. Bulb, ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Left palp, ventral view; F. Same, retrolateral view;E. Epigyne, dorsal view; H. Same, ventral view. Description. See Tikader & Malhotra (1980) for both sexes. Material examined. India. 1 male, Muthawa center, Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati, Maharashtra, 21°31′21′′ N, 77°05′49′′E, elev. 364 m, 18 November 2015, T. Lu & Z. Cao leg.; 3 males and 3 females, Chikhaldara hill, Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati, Maharashtra Indian Journal of Arachnology 5 (1-2) 131 Redescription of four wolf-spiders from India Tian et al. 21°26′ 26′′N, 77°11′07′′E, elev. 505m, 19 November 2015, T. Lu & Z. Cao leg. Distribution. India, Pakistan. Figure 2A–D. Arctosa mulani (Dyal, 1935), male (A–D) from Melghat Tiger Reserve.A. Left male palp, bulbus, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Embolus, median apophysis, terminal apophysis and conductor, ventral view; D. Embolus, median apophysis, terminal apophysis and conductor,retrolateral view. Indian Journal of Arachnology 5 (1-2) 132 Redescription of four wolf-spiders from India Tian et al. Figure 3A–D. Arctosa mulani (Dyal, 1935), male (A–B) and female (C–D) from Melghat Tiger Reserve. A. Left palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view;C. Epigyne, dorsal view; D. Same, ventral view. Lycosa poonaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1980 (Figures 4A–C, 5A–B, 12C) Lycosa poonaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1980: 392, figs 274–276 (♀). Diagnosis. This species is similar to Lycosa pictula Pocock, 1901 (Tikader & Malhotra, 1980: 424, figs 18, 327–330), but differs from the latter by the wide and short stem of septum (Figures 4B–C, 5A–B). Description. See Tikader & Malhotra (1980) for female. Material examined. India. 1 female, Hotel Gauri Inn, Amravati, Maharashtra, 20°20′ 20′′N,77°47′17′′E, elev. 445m. 17 November 2015, T. Lu & Z. Cao leg. Distribution. India. Pardosa sutherlandi (Gravely, 1924) (Figures 6A–H, 7A–D, 8A–F, 12D) Lycosa sutherlandi Gravely, 1924: 606, fig. 4G (♂♀) Indian Journal of Arachnology 5 (1-2) 133 Redescription of four wolf-spiders from India Tian et al. Figure 4A–C. Lycosa poonaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1980, female (A–C) from Amravati. A. Female habitus, dorsal view; B. Epigyne, dorsal view; C. Same, ventral view. Figure 5A–B. Lycosa poonaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1980, female (A–B) from Amravati. A. Epigyne, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view. Indian Journal of Arachnology 5 (1-2) 134 Redescription of four wolf-spiders from India Tian et al. Figure 6A–H. Pardosa sutherlandi (Gravely, 1924), male (A, C–F) and female (B, G–H) from Melghat Tiger Reserve. A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Female habitus, dorsal view; C. Bulb, ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Left palp, ventral view; F. Same, retrolateral view;E. Epigyne, dorsal view; H. Same, ventral view. Pardosa sutherlandi: Roewer, 1955: 184; Buchar, 1976 208, fig. 5(♀); Buchar 1978: 261, figs 3, 5, 6a–b, 9, 12, 16, 19(♂♀); Tikader & Malhotra 1980: 347, figs 199–202(♂♀); Barrion & Litsinger, 1994: 311, f. 1614-1616 (♂♀). Diagnosis. According to Gravely (1924) and Buchar (1978), the most distinctive feature between Indian Journal of Arachnology 5 (1-2) 135 Redescription of four wolf-spiders from India Tian et al. P. sutherlandi and P. fletcheri is the prominent marginal shape of the epigynal cap with copulatory openings concealed underneath (Figures 6G–H, 7C–D, 8E–F): the shape is concave in P. sutherlandi and convex in P. fletcheri. Both species can be distinguished from P. chambaensis and P. martensi by longer than wide or equal epigynal plate. Figure 7A–D. Pardosa sutherlandi (Gravely, 1924), male (A–B) and female (C–D) from Melghat Tiger Reserve. A. Bulb, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Epigyne, dorsal view; D. Same, ventral view. Indian Journal of Arachnology 5 (1-2) 136 Redescription of four wolf-spiders from India Tian et al. Figure 8A–F. Pardosa sutherlandi (Gravely, 1924), male (A–D) and female (E–F) from Melghat Tiger Reserve. A. Left palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Bulb, ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Epigyne, dorsal view; F. Same, ventral view. Description. See Buchar (1976, 1978) and Tikader & Malhotra (1980) for both sexes. Material examined. India. 2 males and 2 females, Chikhadara hill, Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati District, Maharashtra State, India, 21°26′ 26′′N, 77°11′07′′E, elev. 505 m, 19 November 2015, T. Lu & Z. Cao leg. Distribution. India, Nepal. Wadicosa fidelis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) (Figures 9A–H, 10A–D, 11A–D, 12 E–F) Lycosa biarmillatana Strand, 1942: 398 (replacement name for P. armillata, preoccupied in Lycosa by Walckenaer, 1837). Lycosa fidelis O. P.-Cambridge, 1872: 319 (♂). Pardosa spilota Pocock, 1903: 193 (♂♀). (Synonymised by Alderweireldt & van Harten, 2004: 354) Wadicosa fidelis: Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 202C, G (♂♀); Marusik, Guseinov & Koponen, 2003: 63, figs 52–56 (♂♀). Diagnosis. This species is similar to Wadicosa daliensis Yin, Peng & Zhang, 1997 (Yin, Peng & Indian Journal of Arachnology 5 (1-2) 137 Redescription of four wolf-spiders from India Tian et al. Zhang, 1997: 99, figs 1–6), but differs from the latter by the presence of wide base of embolus, strong median apophysis (Figures 9C–F, 10 A–D, 11A–B); large hood and spherical spermathecal heads of epigyne (Figures 9G–H, 11C–D). Description. See Yin et al. (2012) for both sexes. Material examined. India. 4 males and 3 females, Chikhaldara hill, Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati, Maharashtra, 21°26′ 26′′N, 77°11′07′′E, elev. 505m, 19 November 2015, T. Lu & Z. Cao leg.. Distribution. India, Palearctic, Canary Is. Figure 9A–H. Wadicosa fidelis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872), male (A, C–F) and female (B, G–H) from Melghat Tiger Reserve. A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Female habitus, dorsal view; C. Bulb, ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Left palp, ventral view; F. Same, retrolateral view; E. Epigyne, dorsal view; H. Same, ventral view. Indian Journal of Arachnology 5 (1-2) 138 Redescription of four wolf-spiders from India Tian et al. Figure 10A–D. Wadicosa fidelis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872), male (A–D) from Melghat Tiger Reserve. A. Left male palp, bulbus, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Embolus and median apophysis, ventral view; D. Embolus, median apophysis and terminal apophysis, retrolateral view. Indian Journal of Arachnology 5 (1-2) 139 Redescription of four wolf-spiders from India Tian et al. Figure 11A–D. Wadicosa fidelis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872), male (A–B) and female (C–D)from Melghat Tiger Reserve. A. Left palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Epigyne, dorsal view; D. Same, ventral view. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank late Dr. Ganesh Vankhede and other Indian colleagues for their organization and generous support during the 3rd Conference of Asian Society of Arachnology in India. Our trip to India and this study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31272267, 31471974, 31672278) to Zhi-Sheng Zhang. REFERENCES Alderweireldt, M. & Harten, A. van (2004). A preliminary study of the wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) of the Socotra Archipelago. Fauna of Arabia, 20: 349–356. Barrion, A.T. & Litsinger, J.A. (1994). Taxonomy of rice insect pests and their arthropod parasites and predators. In: Heinrichs, E. A. (ed.) Biology and Management of Rice Insects. Wiley Eastern, New Delhi, pp. 13-15: 283-359. Buchar, J. (1976). Über einige Lycosiden (Araneae) aus Nepal. Ergebnisse des Forschungsunternehmens Nepal Himalaya, 5: 201–227. Buchar, J. (1978).
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    Arthropoda Selecta 12 (1): 2946 © ARTHROPODA SELECTA, 2003 Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Azerbaijan. 1. New family and genus records Ïàóêè (Arachnida: Aranei) Àçåðáàéäæàíà. 1. Íîâûå äëÿ ðåãèîíà ñåìåéñòâà è ðîäà Yuri M. Marusik1 & Elchin F. Guseinov2 Þ.Ì. Ìàðóñèê1, Ý.Ô. Ãóñåéíîâ2 ¹ Institute for Biological Problems of the North, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000 Russia. email: [email protected] 1 Èíñòèòóò áèîëîãè÷åñêèõ ïðîáëåì Ñåâåðà, ÄÂÎ ÐÀÍ, óë. Ïîðòîâàÿ 18, Ìàãàäàí 685000 Ðîññèÿ. ² Institute of Zoology, block 504, passage 1128, Baku 370073 Azerbaijan. email: [email protected] 2 Èíñòèòóò çîîëîãèè ÀÍ Àçåðáàéäæàíà, êâàðòàë 504, ïðîåçä 1128, Áàêó 370073 Àçåðáàéäæàí. KEY WORDS: Aranei, spiders, Caucasus, Azerbaijan, new records, new species. ÊËÞ×ÅÂÛÅ ÑËÎÂÀ: Aranei, ïàóêè, Êàâêàç, Àçåðáàéäæàí, íîâûå íàõîäêè, íîâûå âèäû. ABSTRACT. Twenty genera and seven families Ñîâåòñêîãî Ñîþçà. Äâà ðîäà Mysmena è Tuberta (Desidae, Leptonetidae, Mysmenidae, Nesticidae, Pal- âïåðâûå çàðåãèñòðèðîâàíû íà òåððèòîðèè Àçèè. pimanidae, Prodidomidae and Theridiosomatidae) new Îïèñàíî òðè âèäà íîâûõ äëÿ íàóêè: Lycosoides to Azerbaijan are reported. 16 genera and 4 families are lehtineni sp.n. ($), Paracedicus feti sp.n. (#$) è Try- new to Caucasus. Five genera are new to the former getus jacksoni sp.n. ($), êðîìå òîãî, ïðèâåäåíû èëëþ- Soviet Union (Lycosoides, Mysmena, Orchestina, Tryge- ñòðèðîâàííûå îïèñàíèÿ åùå ïÿòè âèäîâ: Leptonetella tus and Tuberta) and two genera (Mysmena and Tuber- caucasica Dunin, 1990 ? ($), Howaia mogera (Yagi- ta) are new to Asia as a whole. Three species are numa, 1972) (#$), Nesticella nepalensis (Hubert, 1973) described as new to science: Lycosoides lehtineni sp.n. (# èç ñåâåðíîé Èíäèè), Orchestina sp. ($) è Palpima- ($), Paracedicus feti sp.n. (#$) and Trygetus jacksoni nus sogdianus Charitonov, 1946 ? (#$).
  • Zootaxa, Draposa, a New Wolf Spider Genus from South and Southeast

    Zootaxa, Draposa, a New Wolf Spider Genus from South and Southeast

    Zootaxa 2637: 31–54 (2010) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2010 · Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Draposa, a new wolf spider genus from South and Southeast Asia (Araneae: Lycosidae) TORBJÖRN KRONESTEDT Department of Entomology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Draposa gen. nov. is proposed for eight wolf spider species from the Indomalayan Region, all of which were previously placed in the genus Pardosa: Draposa atropalpis (Gravely,1924) comb. nov., D. lyrivulva (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) comb. nov. (=Pardosa leucopalpis Gravely, 1924 syn. nov.), D. nicobarica (Thorell, 1891) comb. nov., D. oakleyi (Gravely, 1924) comb. nov., D. porpaensis (U. A. Gajbe, 2004) comb. nov., D. subhadrae (Patel & Reddy, 1993) comb. nov., D. tenasserimensis (Thorell, 1895) comb. nov., and D. zhanjiangensis (Yin, Wang, Peng & Xie, 1995) comb. nov. Species of Draposa share synapomorphies in the copulatory organs, inter alia a complex subpaleal sclerite in the terminal part of the male bulbus. The presence of D. lyrivulva in Japan is put in doubt and the species should be excluded from the list of spiders in that country. Draposa nicobarica (type species) and D. tenasserimensis are redescribed and illustrated for the first time from the type material. Draposa atropalpis is redescribed from material from India and Sri Lanka, D. lyrivulva and D. subhadrae (first record outside India) from material collected in Sri Lanka and D. oakleyi from material from India and Bangladesh. Key words: Taxonomy, Pardosa, Indomalayan region Introduction The world-wide spider family Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833 (wolf spiders) comprises 2367 currently recognised species, of which 526 species (with 22 additional intraspecific taxa) are assigned to the genus Pardosa C.
  • Wsn 47(2) (2016) 298-317 Eissn 2392-2192

    Wsn 47(2) (2016) 298-317 Eissn 2392-2192

    Available online at www.worldscientificnews.com WSN 47(2) (2016) 298-317 EISSN 2392-2192 Indian Lycosoidea Sundevall (Araneae: Opisthothelae: Araneomorphae) in Different States and Union Territories Including an Annotated Checklist Dhruba Chandra Dhali1,*, P. M. Sureshan1, Kailash Chandra2 1Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozkhikore - 673006, India 2Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India *E-mail address: [email protected] ABSTRACT Annotated checklist of Lycosoidea so far recorded from different states and union territories of India reveals a total of 251 species under 38 genera belonging five families. The review cleared that diversity of lycosoid spider fauna is maximum in West Bengal followed by Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and they are not distributed maximally in the states and union territories within Biodiversity hotspots. This fauna is distributed all over the country. There is nearly 69.35% endemism (in context of India). Keywords: Distribution; Lycosoidea; India; State; Union Territories; Annotated; checklist 1. INTRODUCTION Spiders, composing the order Araneae Clerck, 1757 is the largest group among arachnids and separated into two suborders: Mesothelae Pocock, 1892 (segmented spiders) World Scientific News 47(2) (2016) 298-317 and Opisthothelae Pocock, 1892 (includes all other spiders). Later one is further divided into two infraorders: Mygalomorphae Pocock, 1892 (ancient' spiders) and Araneomorphae Smith, 1902 (modern' spiders include the vast majority of spiders) (Coddington, 2005; WSC, 2015). Araneomorphae composed of 99 families and most of them can be divided into at least six clades and 11 super-families, though some are still unplaced in that system (Zhang, 2011).