Arctosa fulvolineata (Lucas, 1846)

Bosmans & Van Keer, 2012, On the spider species described by L. Koch in 1882 from the Balearic Islands (Araneae), Arachnologische Mitteilungen 43 (1), pp. 5-16 : 9

Arctosa fulvolineata (Lucas, 1846) ( Figs 11-12 )

Lycosa perspicax L. Koch, 1882 : 658, pl. 21, fig. 32 (descr. female); new synonymy.

Alopecosella perspicax ; Roewer, 1955: 225.

Type material

Holotype female of Lycosa perspicax from Spain, Baleares, Mallorca, Soller valley, mid-April, Schaufuss leg. ( ZMB 7910 ); examined .

Comparative material examined

FRANCE. Aude: Gruissan, N. les Pujots (N 43°06’30’’ E 3°3’28’’), 3m, 1 female, litter in salt marsh, 1.IV.1980, R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB) .

Comments

The holotype female has an intact epigyne and on examination it can immediately be recognised as Arctosa fulvolineata . Lycosa perspicax thus becomes a junior synonym. Koch’s figure is sketchy ( Fig. 7 ) but shows the typical antero-median, triangular septum of A. fulvolineata ( Fig. 8 , taken from KNÜLLE 1959). ROEWER (1955) created the new genus Alopecosella for this species. Since the type of the genus Alopecosella is here transferred to Arctosa , the genus Alopecosella becomes a junior synonym of Arctosa . The only other species of the genus Alopecosella , A. pelusiaca (Audouin, 1826) has to be returned to Alopecosa , where it was placed by CAPORIACCO (1936).

Distribution

Western Europe, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, south of France and the Maghreb.

Figures

Figs. 11 - 23. Figs. 11 - 12: Arctosa fulvolineata (Lucas, 1846). 11. Epigyne of Lycosa perspicax in KOCH (1882); 12. Epigyne of Arctosa fulvolineata in KNÜLLE (1959). Figs 13 - 16. Arctosa lacustris (Simon, 1876). 13. Male palp of Lycosa subhirsuta in KOCH (1882); 14. Male palp of Arctosa lacustris in KNÜLLE (1959); 15. Epigyne of Lycosa subhirsuta in KOCH (1882); 16. Epigyne of Arctosa lacustris in KNÜLLE (1959). Fig. 17. Epigyne of Lycosa conspersa in KOCH (1882). Fig. 18. Epigyne of Lycosa fraisei in KOCH (1882). Fig. 19. Epigyne of Lycosa insulana in KOCH (1882). Fig. 20. Epigyne of Lycosa simplex in KOCH (1882). Fig. 21. Male palp of Pardosa tenuipes in KOCH (1882). Figs 22 - 23. Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870. 22. Epigyne of Philodromus vegetus in KOCH (1882). 23. Epigyne of Thanatus vulgaris in SZITA & SAMU (2000).

Figs. 1 - 10: Fig. 1. Male palp of Dysdera mordax L. Koch, 1882 in L. Koch (1882). Figs. 2 - 3: Enoplognatha diversa (Blackwall, 1859) 2. Epigyne of Theridion elimatum in Koch (1882); 3. Epigyne of Enoplognatha diversa in Bosmans & Van Keer (1999). Figs. 4 - 5. Oedothorax fuscus (Blackwall, 1834). 4. Epigyne of Erigone marina in Koch (1882). 5. Epigyne of Oedothorax fuscus in LocKet & miLLidge (1953). Figs. 6 - 7: Liocranum inornatum (L. Koch, 1882). 6. Epigyne of Zora inornata in Koch (1882); 7. Epigyne of Liocranum variabilis in WunderLich (2008). Figs. 8 - 10: Cheiracanthium occidentale L. Koch, 1882. 8. Epigyne of Cheiracanthium occidentale in Koch (1882). 9. Vulva, ventral view; 10. Idem, dorsal view.