Wadicosa fidelis (O. P. Cambridge, 1872)

Tso, I-Min & Chen, Jun, 2004, Descriptions Of Three New And Six New Record Wolf Spider Species From Taiwan (Arachnida: Araneae: Lycosidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2), pp. 399-411 : 407

Wadicosa fidelis (O. P. -Cambridge, 1872)

( Figs. 37, 38 )

Lycosa fidelis O. P.-Cambridge, 1872: 319.

Lycosa galerita L. Koch, 1875: 69 , pl. 7, Fig. 1 ; Simon, 1876: 269; Lycosa indistincte-picta Strand, 1907: 567 ; Strand, 1909: 81, Fig. 44 . Pardosa armillata Schenkel, 1936: 218 , Fig.70; Zyuzin, 1979: 434, Fig. 27 ; Hu, 1984: 233, Figs. 240.1-4; Chen & Gao, 1990: 126, Figs. 155a-b.

Lycosa biarmillatana Strand, 1942: 398 .

Pardosa kraepelini Roewer, 1959: 51 , Figs. 13 a-d.

Pardosa paraarmillata Schenkel, 1963: 376 , Figs. 218a-c.

Pardosa venatrix (non Lycosa venatrix Lucas, 1864 ): Buchar, 1980: 88, Figs. 28-29 ; Yu & Song, 1988b: 117; Chen & Zhang, 1991: 201, Figs. 201, 202.1-4; Pan, 1995: 144, Figs. 1-3 ; Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1723, Figs. 28 a-c; Hu, 2001: 206, Figs. 106.1-4.

Wadicosa venatrix (non Lycosa ventrix Lucas, 1864 ): Zyuzin, 1985: 49; Yin et al., 1997: 286, Fig. 135; Tanaka, 2000: 95, Fig. 2 .

Wadicosa fidelis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872): Wunderlich, 1992: 467, Figs. 727-728. Song et al., 1999: 346, Figs. 202C, G; Platnick, 2003.

Material examined. – 1 female, Taipei City , Taiwan, 31 Mar.1998, coll. Shu-Jin Chen (NMNS-THU-Ar-00-0071) .

Description. – Female: Total length 7.66: carapace length 3.68, width 3.00; abdomen length 4.17, width 2.64. Carapace with distinct pattern, median band wide; lateral bands broken. Leg with distinct annulations. Epigynal plate wide, anterior half part with a pair of concave pits ( Fig. 37 ), posterior half part concave, spermatheca large, irregular shaped ( Fig. 38 ).

Distribution. – Taiwan, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Sichuan; Palearctic.

Figures

Figs. 37-38. Wadicosa fidelis (O. P. -Cambridge, 1872). 37-38. epigynum (37. ventral view; 38. dorsal view). Scale bars: Figs. 37- 38 = 0.25mm.

Figs. 1-5. Pardosa sp. 1-2. epigynum (1. ventral view; 2. dorsal view); 3-4. left pedipalp of male (3. ventral view; 4. retrolateral view); 5. terminal part of right pedipalp (ventral view). Abbreviations:ct: copulatory tube; cy: cymbium; em: embolus; h: hood; ma: median apophysis; ms: median septum; sp: spermatheca; st: subtegulum; t: tegulum. Scale bars: Figs. 1-2 = 0.15 mm; Figs. 3-5 = 0.20 mm.

Figs. 41-44. Venonia spirocysta Cai, 1991. 41-42. epigynum (41. ventral view; 42. dorsal view); 43-44. left pedipalp of male (43. ventral view; 44. retrolateral view). Scale bars: Figs. 41-44 = 0.10mm.

Figs. 25-28. Pardosa procurva Yu & Song, 1988. 25-26. epigynum (25. ventral view; 26. dorsal view); 27-28. left pedipalp of male (27. ventral view; 28. retrolateral view). Scale bars: Figs. 25-28 = 0.15mm.

Figs. 11-16. Arcotosa truncata, new species. 11. carapace (female, dorsal view); 12-13. epigynum (12. ventral view; 13. dorsal view); 14- 15. left pedipalp of male (14. ventral view; 15. retrolateral view); 16. terminal part of right pedipalp (ventral view). Scale bars: Fig. 11 = 0.80mm; Figs. 12-15 = 0.15mm; Fig. 16 = 0.10mm.