Pardosa pyrenaica, Kronestedt, Torbjörn, 2007

Kronestedt, Torbjörn, 2007, A new species of wolf spider from the Pyrenees, with remarks on other species in the Pardosa pullata- group (Araneae, Lycosidae), Zootaxa 1650, pp. 25-40 : 27

Pardosa pyrenaica sp. n.

Pardosa femoralis Simon : Villaronga 1983: 806, figs 1–4; Villaronga 1986: 286, fig. 2 (misidentification).

Type material. Male holotype from Andorra, Canillo, Bordes d’Envalira, 42°34'00"N, 1°41'00"E, 2010m a.s.l., grassy slope, 4 May 2006, T. Kronestedt ( NHRS).

Other material examined. ANDORRA: Canillo: Bordes d’Envalira, 42°34'00"N, 1°41'00"E, 2010m a.s.l., grassy slope, 4 May 2006, 1d, 1Ψ, T. Kronestedt ( NHRS, collection series of holotype); same locality, 29–30 April 2007, 20 d, 10Ψ (many caught as subadults and reared to adults), T. Kronestedt & K. Sindemark Kronestedt ( NHRS). FRANCE. Pyrénées-Orientales: Col de Puymorens, 42°33'00"N, 1°49'00"E, grassy vegetation at creek, 30 April 2007, 3d, 3Ψ, T. Kronestedt ( MNHN). SPAIN. Catalunya: Espot, 42°34'30"N, 1°05'00"E, 1500m a.s.l., 29 July 1975, 1d, 2Ψ, J. Barrientos ( NHRS).

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the occurrence of the species in the Pyrenees mountain range.

Diagnosis. Males and females can be distinguished from other species in the pullata -group, except P. p u l - lata, by comparatively short legs I and II as well as the occurrence of scopulate hairs on Ti (distally only), Mt and Ta of legs I and II. Males can be distinguished from those of P. p u l l a t a by the shape of the distally tapering embolus. Females can be distinguished from those of P. pullata by the course of the receptacula and usually by proportions in the shape of the epigyne (some overlap due to morphological variation).