Alopecosa steppica Ponomarev, 2007

Polchaninova, N., Gnelitsa, V., Terekhova, V. & Iosypchuk, A., 2021, New And Rare Spider Species (Arachnida, Araneae) From Ukraine, Zoodiversity 55 (2), pp. 95-112 : 104

Alopecosa steppica Ponomarev, 2007 ( fig 19‒23 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Donetsk Reg., 800 m SW Kryva Luka , pine forest on a chalk hill, 02.06‒ 05.07.2019, 2 Ơ; idem, 02.06‒ 05.07.2019, 13 ♀ ; 1.3 km NE Kryva Luka , steep slope of a chalky riverbank, 02.06‒ 05.07.2019, 3 Ơ, 5 ♀ ; 2 km NE Kryva Luka , top of a bare chalk hill, 06.05.‒ 02.06.2019, 25 Ơ, 5 ♀ ; idem, 02.06‒ 05.07.2019, 2 ♀ ; idem, edge of the Caragana thickets on a chalk hill, 06.05.‒ 02.06.2019, 2 Ơ, 1 ♀ , 02.06‒ 05.07.2019, 1 ♀.

Distribution. From Eastern Ukraine ( Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) to Northern Kazakhstan (Kostanay Reg.) ( Ponomarev et al., 2017 b) and southward to the Caspian Sea coast within Dagestan ( Russia) (Ponomarev et al., 2011). Ukraine: Donetsk Reg. ( Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019): Dronivka, Saur-Mohyla (E. Prokopenko pers. comm.).

Note. The three known localities in Ukraine outline the western limit of the species range.

Figures

Figs 19–22. Alopecosa steppica: male palp: 19 — ventral, 20 — retrolateral; 21 — epigyne ventral, 22 — vulva. Scale bars 0.1 mm.

Figs 23–30. Alopecosa steppica: male palp: 23 — ventral; Xysticus mongolicus: 24 — general appearance dorsal (after Polchaninova 2013, drawing by V. Timokhanov); Bassanioides caperatus: male palp: 25 — ventral, 26 — retrolateral; Heriaeus horridus: male palp: 27 — ventral, 28 — retrolateral; Ozyptila tuberosa: male palp: 29 — ventral, 30 — retrolateral. Scale bars 0.1 mm.