Mongolicosa cherepanovi Fomichev & Marusik 2018, sp. n. ...

• Main Authors: Fomichev, Alexander A., Marusik, Yuri M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Araneae; Lycosidae; Mongolicosa; Mongolicosa cherepanovi; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5978175; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5978175

Mongolicosa cherepanovi sp. n. Figs 8g ‒i, 9e‒f, 10 Types. Holotype ♀ (ZMMU) MONGOLIA, Bayan-Ölgii Aimag, Cengel-Khairkhan-Nuruu Mt. Range, Cengel- Khairkhan Mt. (48°38'36"N, 89°10'22"E), moraine, 3300‒3400 m, 15.07.2017 (A.A. Fomichev). Paratypes: 2♀ (ZMMU) same locality (48°39'N, 89°10'E), mountain stony tundra, 3620-3770 m, 15.07.2017 (A.A. Fomichev). Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honor of Mr Alexander Cherepanov, a friend of the senior author and a driver in several expeditions to Mongolia, and who brought the 2017 expedition to the type locality of this species. Diagnosis. Mongolicosa cherepanovi sp. n. is most similar to M. glupovi Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004 in the shape of the epigyne septum. The new species differs from M. glupovi in having the pear-shaped fovea, the longer anterior part of the fovea and strongly converging receptacles vs. the almost round fovea, with a very short anterior part (as long as the anterior pocket width) and almost parallel receptacles (cf. Fig. ... : Published as part of Fomichev, Alexander A. & Marusik, Yuri M., 2018, Five new species of the Acantholycosa - complex (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Mongolia, pp. 271-284 in Zootaxa 4497 (2) on pages 279-282, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1452195 ...