Island hoppers : Integrative taxonomic revision of Hogna wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) endemic to the Madeira islands with description of a new species

• Published in: ZooKeys
• Main Authors: Crespo, Luís C., Silva, Isamberto, Enguídanos, Alba, Cardoso, Pedro, Arnedo, Miquel
• Other Authors: Zoology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022
• Subjects: 1181 Ecology; evolutionary biology; 1172 Environmental sciences; Endangered species; island radiation; Lycosinae; Macaronesia; morphological polymorphism; species; delimitation; EASTERN NORTH-ATLANTIC; DISPERSAL; HABITAT; EVOLUTION; LIFE; PERFORMANCE; RADIATION; SOFTWARE; PARDOSA; SYSTEM; Wunderlich; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/348395

Because of their ability for aerial dispersal using silk and preference for open habitats, many wolf spiders are formidable colonisers. Pioneering arachnologists were already aware of the large and colourful wolf spiders in the Madeira archipelago, currently included in the genus Hogna Simon, 1885....