A new species of Acantholycosa Dahl, 1908 (Aranei: Lycosidae) from the highlands of Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Maritime Territory of Russia

A new species of wolf spider, Acantholycosa voronoii sp. nov., collected among isolated screes in the highlands of Sikhote-Alin Mountains, is diagnosed, illustrated and described based on both sexes. The new species is related to A. irinae Fomichev & Omelko, 2020, a species recently described fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Omelko, Mikhail M., Fomichev, Alexander A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Altai State University 2022
Subjects:
Araneae
biodiversity
endemism
Far East of Russia
taxonomy
wolf spiders
Sibirica
Online Access:http://journal.asu.ru/biol/article/view/11895
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7703422
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Summary:A new species of wolf spider, Acantholycosa voronoii sp. nov., collected among isolated screes in the highlands of Sikhote-Alin Mountains, is diagnosed, illustrated and described based on both sexes. The new species is related to A. irinae Fomichev & Omelko, 2020, a species recently described from a neighboring mountain; the two species differ in the conformation of copulatory organs and number of ventral spines on tibia I. A distribution map of all known Acantholycosa species in south of Maritime Territory is provided.

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