A new species of Alopecosa (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Canada: a morphological description supported by DNA barcoding of 19 congeners

A new species, Alopecosa koponeni sp. n., is described from the Arctic part of Manitoba. Individuals of A. koponeni most resemble those of A. pictilis (Emerton, 1885), but are smaller than the latter and differ in the epiginum and in colour pattern in both sexes. DNA barcode results show an interspe...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: BLAGOEV, GERGIN A., DONDALE, CHARLES D.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2014
Subjects:
Araneae
Lycosidae
Arctic
Canada
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3894.1.12
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.12
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Summary:A new species, Alopecosa koponeni sp. n., is described from the Arctic part of Manitoba. Individuals of A. koponeni most resemble those of A. pictilis (Emerton, 1885), but are smaller than the latter and differ in the epiginum and in colour pattern in both sexes. DNA barcode results show an interspecific distance of 0.93 between A. koponeni sp. n. and A. pictilis, a shallow genetic divergence that suggests a recent separation.

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