Arthropoda Selecta 21(2): 161182 © ARTHROPODA SELECTA, 2012 On the Pardosa monticola species-group (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Middle Asia Î âèäàõ ãðóïïû Pardosa monticola (Araneae: Lycosidae) èç Ñðåäíåé Àçèè Francesco Ballarin1,2, Yuri M. Marusik2,3, Mikhail M. Omelko2,4,5 and Seppo Koponen2 Ô. Áàëëàðèí1,2, Þ.Ì. Ìàðóñèê2,3, Ì.Ì. Îìåëüêî2,4,5, Ñ. Êîïîíåí2 1 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Lungadige Porta Vittoria, 9 37129, Verona, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Zoological Museum, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland; e-mail: [email protected] 3 Institute for Biological Problems of the North of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Portovaya Str. 18, 685000 Magadan, Russia. E-mail: [email protected] 4 Far Eastern Federal University, Sukhanova, 8, Vladivostok 690950, Russia 5 Gornotaezhnaya Station FEB RAS, Gornotaezhnoe Vil., Ussuriyski Dist., Primorski Krai 692533, Russia. E-mail: [email protected] 1 Ãîñóäàðñòâåííûé ìóçåé åñòåñòâåííîé èñòîðèè, Lungadige Porta Vittoria, 9 37129, Âåðîíà, Èòàëèÿ. 2 Çîîëîãè÷åñêèé ìóçåé, óíèâåðñèòåò Òóðêó, FI-20014 Òóðêó, Ôèíëÿíäèÿ. 3 Èíñòèòóò Áèîëîãè÷åñêèõ Ïðîáëåì Ñåâåðà ÄÂÎ ÐÀÍ, óë. Ïîðòîâàÿ 18, Ìàãàäàí 685000, Ðîññèÿ. 4 Äàëüíåâîñòî÷íûé Ôåäåðàëüíûé óíèâåðñèòåò, Ñóõàíîâà 8, Âëàäèâîñòîê 690950, Ðîññèÿ 5 Ãîðíîòà¸æíàÿ ñòàíöèÿ ÄÂÎ ÐÀÍ, ñ. Ãîðíîòà¸æíîå, Óññóðèéñêèé ðàéîí, Ïðèìîðñêèé êðàé 692533, Ðîññèÿ. KEY WORDS: Middle Asia, Central Asia, wolf spider, monticola-group, new species. ÊËÞ×ÅÂÛÅ ÑËÎÂÀ: Ñðåäíÿÿ Àçèÿ, Öåíòðàëüíàÿ Àçèÿ, ïàóêè-âîëêè, ãðóïïà monticola, íîâûå âèäû. ABSTRACT. The Pardosa monticola-group from âîñåìü ìîðôîâèäîâ, ñåìü èç êîòîðûõ íîâûå äëÿ Middle Asian countries (southern Kazakhstan, íàóêè: P. fritzeni sp.n. (#$, Êèðãèçñòàí), P. zonsteini Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) sp.n. (#$, Êàçàõñòàí, Êèðãèçñòàí, Óçáåêèñòàí), P. is revised. Among the material studied we recognized ovtchinnikovi sp.n. (#$, Òàäæèêèñòàí, Òóðêìåíèñ- eight morphospecies, seven of which are new to science: òàí, Óçáåêèñòàí), P. trottai sp.n. (#$, Êèðãèçñòàí), P. fritzeni sp.n. (#$, Kyrgyzstan), P. zonsteini sp.n. P. mikhailovi sp.n. (#, Êàçàõñòàí), P. gromovi sp.n. (#$, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan), P. (#$, Êàçàõñòàí) è P. pantinii sp.n. (#$, Òàäæèêèñ- ovtchinnikovi sp.n. (#$, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, òàí). Ïðîèëëþñòðèðîâàíû âñå âèäû èç Ñðåäíåé Uzbekistan), P. trottai sp.n. (#$, Kyrgyzstan), P. Àçèè, âêëþ÷àÿ åäèíñòâåííûé èçâåñòíûé ðàíåå âèä mikhailovi sp.n. (#, Kazakhstan), P. gromovi sp.n. P. pontica (Thorell, 1875) èç çàïàäíîãî Òàäæèêèñòà- (#$, Kazakhstan) and P. pantinii sp.n. (#$, Tajikistan). íà, à òàêæå äâà âèäà èç ñîïðåäåëüíûõ ñòðàí: P. All known species from Middle Asia, including the pseudomixta Marusik et Fritzén, 2009 (Ñèíüöçÿí, Êè- single named species P. pontica (Thorell, 1875) from òàé) è P. pseudotorrentum Miller et Buchar, 1972 western Turkmenistan and two species from adjacent (Ãèíäóêóø, ñåâåðíûé Àôãàíèñòàí). Ïàëüïû ñàì- countries: P. pseudomixta Marusik et Fritzén, 2009 öîâ ñðåäíåàçèàòñêèõ âèäîâ î÷åíü ïîõîæè äðóã íà (Xinjiang, China) and P. pseudotorrentum Miller et äðóãà, íî ñàìöû õîðîøî îòëè÷àþòñÿ ïî ãàáèòóñó, à Buchar, 1972 (Hindu-Kush, northern Afghanistan) are òàêæå îêðàñêå íîãè I, åå îïóøåíèþ, ñðàâíèòåëüíîé illustrated. Male palps of Middle Asian species are äëèíå è øèïîâàíèþ. Ñàìêè, íàïðîòèâ, òðóäíî ðàç- very similar to each other but males of the different ëè÷èìû èç-çà íåäîñòàòêà äèàãíîñòè÷åñêèõ ïðèçíà- species can be easily identified by their general habitus êîâ è áîëüøîé âàðèàáåëüíîñòè â ïðåäåëàõ âèäà. or their first pair of legs in terms of colour, pubescence, Ïðèâîäèòñÿ îïðåäåëèòåëüíûé êëþ÷ äëÿ âñåõ 10 âè- relative length and spination. Females are not easily äîâ, îáñóæäàåìûõ â ðàáîòå. separated due to a lack of diagnostic characters and considerable intraspecific variation. Keys to the males Introduction of the 10 species treated in this paper are provided. Pardosa C.L. Koch, 1847 with 549 species [Plat- ÐÅÇÞÌÅ. Ðåâèçîâàíà ãðóïïà âèäîâ Pardosa nick, 2012] is the largest genus of Lycosidae, with its monticola èç ñòðàí Ñðåäíåé Àçèè (þæíûé Êàçàõ- highest species diversity in the Holarctic and South ñòàí, Êèðãèçñòàí, Òàäæèêèñòàí, Òóðêìåíèñòàí è East Asia. Pardosa is relatively well studied in the Óçáåêèñòàí).  èçó÷åííîì ìàòåðèàëå ðàñïîçíàíî Nearctic, Europe, Japan and China. Most of the north 162 F. Ballarin, Yu.M. Marusik, M.M. Omelko & S. Koponen Holarctic species have been assigned into distinct spe- shape of epigyne, as usually occurs in this species- cies-groups based on shared characteristics of the cop- group [cf. Tongiorgi, 1966b]. Nevertheless, we tried to ulatory organs [e.g. Zyuzin, 1979; Dondale & Redner, assign females to every species described in this paper 1990] but no taxonomic division of the genus has been based on their collection localities and the presence of proposed. The largest species-group within Pardosa is males in the same samples or in adjacent localities. the P. nebulosa-group [Marusik & Ballarin, 2011], Only in a few cases, P. trottai sp.n., P. gromovi sp.n., which includes at least 66 species. The second largest P. pantinii sp.n. and P. pontica, it was possible to find is the P. monticola species-group with about 25 valid sufficient clear diagnostic characters, useful for identi- names [Marusik & Fritzén, 2009]. Although this group fication of the females. A thorough study of females has a Holarctic distribution it clearly has a Palaearctic falls outside the purpose of this paper, the main goals origin. Only one species, P. palustris (Linnaeus, 1758) of which are to provide descriptions of the newly dis- reaches the Nearctic. Of 25 species belonging to this covered species and compare the males with those of group only 4 species are not known in the Western P. pontica, P. pseudomixta and P. pseudotorrentum. Palaearctic: P. pseudomixta Marusik et Fritzén, 2009, P. pseudotorrentum Miller et Buchar, 1972, P. condo- Material and methods lens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) and P. fortunata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885). Specimens and copulatory organs were photo- Although a few species have wide ranges, most of graphed using an Olympus SZX16 stereomicroscope the species in this group have a local distribution. West with an Olympus E-520 camera. Photographs were Palaearctic species have been treated comprehensively taken in dishes of different sizes with paraffin at the in numerous publications, the most important of which bottom. Different sized holes were made in the bottom are Tongiorgi [1966a,b] and Zyuzin & Logunov [2000]. to keep the specimens in the correct position. The So far eight species belonging to the Pardosa mon- images were generated using CombineZP image stack- ticola-group have been reported from the Middle Asian ing software. Scanning electron micrographs were pre- republics: P. agrestis (Westring, 1861), P. agricola pared using a SEM JEOL JSM-5200 scanning micro- (Thorell, 1856), P. condolens, P. fortunata, P. mixta scope belonging to the Zoological Museum, University (Kulczyñski, 1887), P. palustris, P. pontica (Thorell, of Turku. Left legs I and left palps are shown, when 1875) and P. plumipes (Thorell, 1875) [Mikhailov, this was not possible (P. ovtchinnikovi sp.n. and P. 1997; Platnick, 2012]. Of these, only three species gromovi sp.n.) the right palp was photographed and have been treated in taxonomic works: P. condolens digitally reversed for a better comparison. Spination of and P. fortunata by O. Pickard-Cambridge [1885] and leg I was examined in all species and specimens with P. pontica by Zyuzin & Logunov [2000]. The remain- the exception of P. mikhailovi sp.n and P. pseudomixta ing five species were mentioned in several faunistic females because of lack of samples. Apical spines of publications. the tibia and metatarsus were not considered because While working on a paper dealing with P. mixta of difficulties in defining their correct positions. We and P. pseudomixta [Marusik & Fritzén, 2009] it was paid attention to the first pair of legs only because they found that the records of P. mixta from Uzbekistan are used in courtship behavior. Our earlier studies [Charitonov, 1969] were based on misidentifications proved that in several cases spination can be used as a and that the specimens from Uzbekistan may belong to character for distinguishing between sibling species. a new species. Recently we got the opportunity to study Comparative pictures of P. plumipes illustrated here some Middle Asian lycosids. Among them we found are based on specimens from Mongolia. approximately 160 specimens of Pardosa belonging to All measurements are given in millimetres. When the monticola-group from South Kazakhstan, Kyr- possible, for every species the smallest and biggest gyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. sizes are reported. Study of this material revealed at least eight male Holotypes, paratypes and other material examined morphospecies and more morphospecies if females are are held in the following institutions: Department of considered. Most of them are related to P. mixta (en- Zoology, Perm State University, Russia (PSU), Museo demic to the Alps) and closely related to P. pseudomix- Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Italy (MSNV), The ta (known from Xinjiang) and P. pseudotorrentum Manchester Museum, the University of Manchester, (known from Afghanistan). Although the structure of United Kingdom (MMUM), Siberian Zoological Muse- the palp in males of these species is very similar and um of Novosibirsk, Russia (SZMN), National Museum, sometimes almost indistinguishable,