Alopecosa ogorodica, Trilikauskas, Laimonas A. & Azarkina, Galina N., 2014

Trilikauskas, Laimonas A. & Azarkina, Galina N., 2014, A new species of wolf-spider (Alopecosa ogorodica sp. n.) from the Russian Mountain Altai with remarks on Arctosa meitanensis Yin et al., 1993 (Araneae: Lycosidae), Zootaxa 3856 (3), pp. 443-450 : 443-446

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3856.3.9

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6137497

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Alopecosa ogorodica
status

sp. nov.

Alopecosa ogorodica View in CoL sp. n.

Figures 1–15, 17–20 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURES 2 – 8 View FIGURES 9 – 14 View FIGURES 15 – 24

Type material: Holotype ♂ ( ISEA, 000.856) Russia, Altai Republic, vicinity of Gorno-Altaisk, 400 m a.s.l., 51°57'N, 85°54'E, kitchen garden, hand collecting, 27.07.2012 (L.A. Trilikauskas). Paratypes: 1♂ ( ISEA, 000.859), 1♂ ( ISEA, 000.857) same locality, hand collecting, 14.04.2012, 27.07.2012 (L.A. Trilikauskas); 1♀ ( ISEA, 000.858) same locality, hand collecting, 0 2.06.2011 (L.A. Trilikauskas).

Comparative material: Alopecosa pulverulenta (Clerck, 1757) : RUSSIA: 3♂ 1♀ ( ISEA) Altai Region, Zarinsk District, Salair Mt. Range, near Tyagun, 53°53'N, 85°47'E, 9.05.1999, 4.09.1999 (G.N. Azarkina). Alopecosa cuneata (Clerck, 1757) : RUSSIA: 114♂ 1♀ ( ISEA) Novosibirsk Area, Zdvinsk District, nr Shirokaya Kur'ya Vill., 54°36'N, 78°12'E, abandoned field with natural cereals overgrowing, pitfall traps, 25.05.2014 (A.N. Bespalov).

Etymology. The specific epithet derives from the Russian word "ogorod", meaning "kitchen garden", where the type series was collected.

Diagnosis. The new species belongs to the Alopecosa pulverulenta -group (sensu Kronestedt 1990). Its colouration and body size ( Figs 17–20 View FIGURES 15 – 24 ) are similar to those of A. cuneata (Clerck, 1757) ( Kronestedt 1990: figs 13H, I), but in the new species, the tibiae of leg I is not swollen ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 15 – 24 , arrowed), whereas it is swollen in A. cuneata ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 15 – 24 , arrowed). The shape of tegular apophysis is similar to that of A. taeniata (C.L. Koch, 1835) ( Kronestedt 1990: figs 4C, D), but its distal part is wider and with an uneven edge in the new species ( Figs 6 View FIGURES 2 – 8 , 11 View FIGURES 9 – 14 ). The terminal part is similar to that of A. pulverulenta ( Kronestedt 1990: fig. 5D), but the basal part of the embolus is narrower and the embolic tip has the appearance of being cut off obliquely ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 9 – 14 ). The embolic membrane of A. ogorodica ( Figs 5 View FIGURES 2 – 8 , 12 View FIGURES 9 – 14 ) differs from that of A. aculeata , A. cuneata , A. pulverulenta and A. taeniata ( Kronestedt 1990: figs 5A-D). By its anterior, undivided pocket ( Figs 7, 8 View FIGURES 2 – 8 ), the epigyne of the new species is similar to that of A. pulverulenta ( Kronestedt, 1990: fig. 8H), A. pinetorum (Thorell, 1856) and A. pseudocuneata (Schenkel, 1953) . It differs in the shape of the epigynal septum – almost identical with A. pulverulenta , but differs in the form of the ductal parts of the receptacula: long and strongly curved in A. pulverulenta ( Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969: figs 5f–m) and short and straight in A. ogorodica ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 2 – 8 ). Alopecosa pinetorum has a wide septum with a subtle chink between the septum and body ( Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969: fig. 11f) and the long ductal part of receptacula curves inwards ( Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969: fig. 11e); while A. ogorodica has a more narrow septum with big space between it and the body ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 2 – 8 ), the ductal part of the receptacula is also different. The new species differs from A. pseudocuneata by the wider septum and longer ductal parts of the receptacula ( Song et al. 1999: fig. 187N).

Discription. Male (Holotype). Total length 6.60. Carapace 3.50 long, 2.65 wide. Abdomen 3.20 long. Eye region black. Eye interdistances: AME 0.05, ALE 0.05, PME 0.35, PLE 0.25; AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.02, PME-PME 0.35, PME-PLE 0.55. Clypeus height 0.2. Chelicerae dark brown, with black hairs and three promarginal and two retromarginal teeth. Labium and maxillae yellow. Sternum brown to dark brown with yellow to light brown median band ( Fig 16 View FIGURES 15 – 24 ). Carapace dark brown, with light yellowish median and two marginal bands. Median band tapering to abdomen ( Fig 15 View FIGURES 15 – 24 ). Legs brown, with grey stripes. Femurs I and II and front edge of the carapace nearly black. Dorsal abdomen greyish brown, with light median band tapering to spinnerets and anteriorly enclosing a greyish brown lanceolate cardiac spot. Palps as in Figs 2-6 View FIGURES 2 – 8 , 9-14 View FIGURES 9 – 14 .

Length of leg segments.

Male leg spination.

femur patella tibia metatarsus

I d1, p1ap p1 v2-2 -2 d2ap, v2-2 -2ap Female (Paratype). Total length 5.90. Carapace 3.25 long, 2.50 wide. Abdomen 2.75 long. Carapace brown, with broad light median and marginal bands. Eye region black. Eye interdistances: AME 0.1, ALE 0.08, PME 0.25, PLE 0.24; AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.05, PME-PME 0.30, PME-PLE 0.35. Clypeus height 0.15. Chelicerae dark brown, with black hairs and three promarginal and two retromarginal teeth. Labium and sternum brown. Coloration as in the male, but lighter ( Figs 17–18 View FIGURES 15 – 24 ). Epigyne as in Figs 7–8 View FIGURES 2 – 8 .

Length of leg segments.

Female leg spination.

femur patella tibia metatarsus

I d1-1-1-1ap, p1ap v2-2 d2ap, v2-2 -2ap

II d1-1 v1-1 d2ap, p1, v2-2 -2ap

III d1-1-1-1ap, p1-1ap, r1ap r1 d1-2-3, v2-2 d2-2-2ap, v2-2 -2ap

IV d1-1-1ap, p1ap, r1ap r1 d1-2-3, v2-2 d2-2-2ap, v2-2 (-2)*-2ap

(*) Differences in the spination of Leg IV (in the right and left metatarsi) was found. Habitats. Kitchen garden in a neglected orchard.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Lycosidae

Genus

Alopecosa

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