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Vink, C. J. 2002: Lycosidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Fauna of New Zealand 44, 94 pp. INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS ADVISORY GROUP REPRESENTATIVES OF L ANDCARE RESEARCH Dr O. R. W. Sutherland Landcare Research Lincoln Agriculture & Science Centre P.O. Box 69, Lincoln, New Zealand Dr T.K. Crosby and Dr M.-C. Larivière Landcare Research Mount Albert Research Centre Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand REPRESENTATIVE OF U NIVERSITIES Dr R.M. Emberson Ecology and Entomology Group Soil, Plant, and Ecological Sciences Division P.O. Box 84, Lincoln University, New Zealand REPRESENTATIVE OF MUSEUMS Mr R.L. Palma Natural Environment Department Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand REPRESENTATIVE OF O VERSEAS I NSTITUTIONS Dr M. J. Fletcher Director of the Collections NSW Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit Forest Road, Orange NSW 2800, Australia * * * SERIES EDITOR Dr T. K. Crosby Landcare Research Mount Albert Research Centre Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand Fauna of New Zealand Ko te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa Number / Nama 44 Lycosidae (Arachnida: Araneae) C. J. Vink Ecology and Entomology Group P O Box 84, Lincoln University, New Zealand [email protected] Manaak i W h e n u a P R E S S Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand 2002 4 Vink (2002): Lycosidae (Arachnida: Araneae) Copyright © Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd 2002 No part of this work covered by copyright may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means (graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping information retrieval systems, or otherwise) without the written permission of the publisher. Cataloguing in publication VINK, C. J. (Cornelis Jacob) Lycosidae (Arachnida: Araneae) / C. J. Vink – Lincoln, Canterbury, N.Z. : Manaaki Whenua Press, 2002. (Fauna of New Zealand, ISSN 0111–5383 ; no. 44). ISBN 0-478-09347-0 I. Title II. Series UDC 595.444.3(931) Prepared for publication by the series editor using computer-based text processing, layout, and printing at Landcare Research, Mt Albert Research Centre, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand M~ori text by H. Jacob, Huatau Consultants, Levin. Published by Manaaki Whenua Press, Landcare Research, P.O. Box 40, Lincoln, Canterbury, N.Z. Website: http://www.mwpress.co.nz/ Printed by PrintLink Ltd, Wellington Front cover: Anoteropsis hilaris (L. Koch) (Illustrator: D. W. Helmore). Publication of the Fauna of New Zealand series is the result of a research investment by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology under contract number C09X0202. Fauna of New Zealand 44 5 POPULAR SUMMARY HE WHAKARAPOPOTOTANGA Class Arachnida Order Araneae Family Lycosidae Wolf spiders The family Lycosidae has more than 2200 known species Illustration / Whakaahua: Anoteropsis hilaris (L. Koch), that are found worldwide, especially in open habitats. Wolf female with spiderlings on her abdomen (Illustrator / spiders are easily recognised by the carrying of the spheri- Kaiwhakaahua: D. W. Helmore). cal egg sac behind the adult female and the subsequent transport of the young on her abdomen. Most are well ~ ã ~ camouflaged in their surroundings and are often seen hunt- Ng p ng werewere wuruhi ing during the daytime. They do not build a web for prey He nui ake i te 2200 ng~ momo o te wh~nau Lycosidae e capture, except for some ancestral species not found in mÇhiotia ana puta noa i te ao, ~, kei ng~ ripoinga m~rakerake New Zealand. Wolf spiders are amongst the most numer- te nuinga. Ko t‘tahi tino tohu o te pãng~werewere wuruhi, ous invertebrate predators in many environments, espe- ko te mau mai o te kahu hua porotaka ki muri o te uwha cially in open habitats, and are viewed as beneficial preda- pakeke, ko ia anÇ t‘r~ ki te waha i ana punua ina wh~nau tors. mai. He kiri hunahuna te nuinga o ng~ mea nei, engari t‘r~ Twenty-seven species of wolf spider are found in New tonu ka kitea i a r~tou e kimi kai ana i te awatea. K~ore ng~ Zealand. Two of these have been introduced, probably pãng~werewere nei e hanga m~whaiwhai hei hopu kai, naturally – one is found throughout Australia and one is h~unga anÇ ‘tahi momo pãtake i t~w~hi. Ar~ ‘tahi taiao e found throughout the South Pacific. The remaining twenty- noho ai ko ng~ pãng~werewere wuruhi t‘tahi Çrau nui o ng~ five species are endemic to New Zealand. The endemic konihi tuar~-kore katoa o taua taiao. Me kÇrero t‘nei ~hua species in the genera Allotrochosina and Artoria have re- i ng~ takiw~ m~rakerake. Heoi anÇ, he konihi pai te wuruhi lated species in Australia. Anoteropsis and Notocosa are nei, ki t~ te tangata titiro. believed to be genera endemic to New Zealand, with their E 27 ng~ momo pãng~werewere wuruhi e kitea ana i most closely related genera in Australia. Aotearoa. E rua i tau m~ori mai i whenua k‘ – ko t‘tahi e Like most lycosid species, New Zealand wolf spiders noho ana ki ng~ tÇpito katoa o Ahitereiria, ko t‘tahi, kei te are habitat specific and are found in mountain screes, wh~nuitanga atu o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. NÇ Aotearoa riverbeds, beaches, tussock grasslands, forest, swamps and taketake ake ‘r~ atu momo e 25. Ko ‘tahi o ‘nei, nÇ te marshes. The most commonly seen species is Anoteropsis puninga Allotrochosina me te puninga Artoria, ~, he hilaris, which is found in grasslands throughout New whanaunga Ç r~tou i Ahitereiria. E whakapaetia ana nÇ Zealand including human modified habitats such as gardens konei anÇ, taketake ake, te puninga Anoteropsis tae atu ki and pasture. This species is thought to be a beneficial te Notocosa, ~, ko ng~ uri tata o ‘r~, kei Ahitereiria anÇ. predator of insect pests and has been investigated as a P‘r~ anÇ i te nuinga o ng~ momo lycosid, noho ai t‘n~ possible indicator of insecticide contamination. me t‘n~ momo pãng~werewere wuruhi o Aotearoa ki tÇna (haere tonu) 6 Vink (2002): Lycosidae (Arachnida: Araneae) Contributor Cor Vink was born and educated in ake ripoinga wh~iti. Anei ‘tahi o aua ripoinga: ng~ tahataha Christchurch, New Zealand. He recently completed a Ph.D. kirikiri o ng~ maunga, te whaiawa, te tahamoana, ng~ raorao at Lincoln University on the taxonomy and systematics of p~t§t§ taranui, te ngahere, ng~ r‘po, me ng~ whenua New Zealand Lycosidae of which this Fauna contribution t~potupotu. Ko te momo ka tino kitea, ko te Anoteropsis formed a major part. Cor is particularly interested in the hilaris. Ar~ tana k~inga kei ng~ whenua p~t§t§ huri i te taxonomy and systematics (both morphological and mo- motu, tae atu ki ng~ ripoinga kua rawekehia e te ringa tangata lecular) of wolf spiders but has also published work on the (hei tauira, ng~ m~ra me ng~ p~t§t§ ahuwhenua). E ecology of spiders and the taxonomy of New Zealand spi- whakaarotia ana he konihi pai t‘nei, i te mea ka pau i a ia ders in other families including Oxyopidae and Stiphidiidae. ‘tahi pepeke kino te kai. Kua rangahautia ana anÇ hoki tana noho hei waitohu o ng~ w~hi kua kinongia e te t~oke patung~rara. I wh~nau mai te kaituhi, a Cor Vink , i Ætautahi, ~, i reira anÇ e kura ana. NÇ n~ tata nei i tutuki ai tana tohu kairangi i Te Whare W~naka o Aoraki, e tiro wh~iti ana ki te whakapapa o ng~ Lycosidae o Aotearoa. Ko tana tuhinga i t‘nei putanga o te pukapuka nei t‘tahi w~hanga nui o taua rangahautanga. He tino kaupapa ki a Cor te whakapapa (taha hanga, taha r~poi-ngota) o ng~ pãng~werewere wuruhi, otir~, kua puta anÇ i a ia ‘tahi kÇrero mÇ te noho tahi a te pãng~werewere ki tana ripoinga, me te whakapapa o ng~ pãng~werewere o ‘tahi atu wh~nau, tae atu ki ng~ Oxyopidae me ng~ Stiphidiidae. Translation by H. Jacob Huatau Consultants, Levin DEDICATION This revision is dedicated to the memory of Dr Raymond R. Forster (1922-2000), whose wisdom, friendship, and guidance were a key part of my development as an arachnologist. The incredible amount of material collected by Ray was a corner- stone to this revision, and he had collected specimens of all but one of the species described here. Although Ray did not revise the New Zealand Lycosidae, it was apparent, by the publications that do mention wolf spiders (Forster 1975, Forster & Forster 1973, 1999) and by the labels in the Otago Museum lycosid collection, that Ray had a deep understanding of the taxonomy of the family. His numerous publications on the taxonomy and systematics of spiders, both of New Zealand and abroad (see Patrick et al. 2000) are an inspiration to me and to other arachnologists. Fauna of New Zealand 44 7 ABSTRACT The 27 species of Lycosidae found in New Zealand are revised with one new genus and 14 new species. Allotrochosina Roewer, 1960 includes A. schauinslandi Simon, 1889. Anoteropsis L. Koch, 1878 includes: A. adumbrata (Urquhart, 1887), A. aerescens (Goyen, 1887) (=Lycosa maura Urquhart, 1892 and Lycosa albovestita Dalmas, 1917, new synonymies), A. alpina sp. nov., A. arenivaga (Dalmas, 1917), A. blesti sp. nov., A. canescens (Goyen, 1887), A. cantuaria sp. nov., A. flavescens L. Koch, 1878, A. forsteri sp. nov., A. hallae sp. nov., A. hilaris (L. Koch, 1877) (=Lycosa umbrata L. Koch, 1877, Pardosa vicaria L. Koch, 1877, Lycosa taylori Goyen, 1887, Lycosa tremula Simon, 1899, Lycosa virgatella Roewer, 1951, and Lycosa subantarctica Forster, 1964, new synonymies), A. insularis sp.
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