Dendrolycosa fusca Doleschall 1859

Jäger, Peter, 2011, Revision of the spider genera Nilus O. Pickard-Cambridge 1876, Sphedanus Thorell 1877 and Dendrolycosa Doleschall 1859 (Araneae: Pisauridae), Zootaxa 3046, pp. 1-38 : 27-28

Dendrolycosa fusca Doleschall 1859

Figs 126–129 , 132–134 , 167 : 15

Dendrolycosa fusca Doleschall 1859: 51 , pl. 7, fig. 9 (Description of female; 2 subadult females, syntypes, Ambon, Coll. Doleschall, oud coll. no. 1162, 6043, RMNH, examined).— NOT Blandin 1979: 365, fig. 36 (misidentification; see D. duckitti spec. nov.).

Note. Doleschall (1859: 52) mentions “several specimens were found in Ambon in clove gardens in the rainy seasons”. The two subadult females are considered syntypes, the one with an epigyne developed under the cuticle is designated here as lectotype, the other one as paralectotype to support nomenclatural stability. Although it is clear that the present epigyne of the lectotype does not constitute the natural (final) condition (cf. notes on D. lepida above), it is illustrated for comparison with generally similar structures of adult females.

Diagnosis. Since the only specimens known are immature, no diagnosis can be given. Illustrations of female copulatory organ of one subadult syntype as well as habitus photos are shown to make future identifications possible ( Figs 126–129 , 132–134 ). One possible diagnostic character could be the star-shaped distal end of the head of spermathecae ( Fig. 127 ). Moreover the shape of the spermathecae could also be helpful in diagnosing this species.

Description. See Doleschall (1859).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURE 167. Records of Dendrolycosa spp. 1 Tanzania: Moshi. 2 – 5 India (2 N Gujarat; 3 Bangalore; 4 Bobbili; 5 Darjeeling). 6 Burma: Tharrawaddy, Kyeikpadem. 7 China: Yunnan: Menglun. 8 – 9 Laos (8 Vientiane; 9 Tad Fane). 10 South Vietnam. 11 – 12 Philippines (11 Luzon; 12 Mindanao). 13 – 16 Indonesia (13 Sumatra: Bukkittinggi, Acer Manjon; 14 Java: Tengah; 15 Ambon; 16 Maluku Islands). 17 New Guinea (no exact locality is known). 18 – 19 Australia: Queensland (18 Cape York; 19 Rockhampton). 20 New Caledonia: Loyalty Islands.

FIGURES 126 – 131. Dendrolycosa spp., copulatory organs (126 epigyne, ventral view; 127 vulva, dorsal view; 128 schematic course of internal duct system; 129 pre-epigyne, ventral view; 130 left male palp, ventral view; 131 distal apophysis, oblique distal view). 126 – 129 Dendrolycosa fusca Doleschall 1859, subadult females from Indonesia, Ambon (126 – 128 lectotype, 129 paralectotype). 130 Dendrolycosa putiana (Barrion & Litsinger 1995) comb. nov., holotype, male from Philippines, Luzon. 131 Dendrolycosa parangbusta (Barrion & Litsinger 1995) comb. nov., holotype, male from Philippines, Mindanao. (130 – 131 modified from Barrion & Litsinger 1995, not to scale).

FIGURES 132 – 140. Dendrolycosa spp., habitus (132, 135, 138 dorsal view; 133, 136, 139 ventral view; 134, 137, 140 lateral view). 132 – 134 Dendrolycosa fusca Doleschall 1859, subadult female lectotype. 135 – 137 Dendrolycosa sierwaldae spec. nov., holotype, female from New Guinea. 138 – 140 Dendrolycosa yuka spec. nov., holotype, female from Australia, Queensland.