Trochosa honggiana Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2012

Wang, Luyu, Lu, Tian, Cai, Ducheng, Barrion, Alberto Tomas, Heong, Kong-Luen, Li, Shuqiang & Zhang, Zhisheng, 2021, Review of the wolf spiders from Hainan Island, China (Araneae: Lycosidae), Zoological Systematics 46 (1), pp. 16-74 : 61-64

Trochosa honggiana Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2012 ( Figs 61A–C , 62A–B)

Trochosa honggiana Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2012: 20 , figs 21A–B (♀).

Material examined. 1♀ (holotype), Haiko , Honggi Village, 9.IV.2011, A. T. Barrion, J.L.A. Catindig & S.C. Villareal leg. ( HANU) .

Diagnosis. The female of this species is similar to T. ruricoloides Schenkel, 1963 ( Figs 63G–H , 65C–D) but differs by the robust septum and the large spermathecal heads of the epigyne ( Figs 61B–C , 62A–B).

Description. Female ( Fig. 61A ) total length 21.97. Carapace 8.23 long, 6.21 wide; opisthosoma 12.29 long, 7.44 wide. Carapace brown. Eye region black. Cervical groove and radial furrows indistinct. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.26, PME 0.75, PLE 0.61; AME–AME 0.21, AME–ALE 0.15, PME–PLE 0.69. Clypeus height 0.71. Chelicerae elongate, black-brown. Labium black-brown. Endites black-brown, longer than wide. Sternum black-brown and scutellate, with brown setae. Legs brown, with black pigmentation. Leg measurements: I 22.44 (6.58, 8.06, 4.68, 3.12); II 20.52 (5.86, 7.08, 4.31, 3.27); III 19.17 (5.15, 6.32, 4.68, 3.02); IV 27.38 (7.17, 8.94, 7.56, 3.71). Opisthosoma oval. Dorsum of opisthosoma grey-brown, cardiac mark indistinct. Ventrum black.

Epigyne ( Figs 61B–C , 62A–B). Septum broad, inverse T-shaped. Spermathecal heads large and round, spermathecal stalks wide, only constricted near spermathecal heads. Fertilization ducts short.

Male unknown.

Distribution. China (Hainan).

Figures

Figure 61. Trochosa honggiana Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2012, holotype female. A. Female habitus, dorsal view; B. Epigyne, ventral view; C. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: A=4.0mm; B–C=0.3mm.

Figure 63. Trochosa ruricoloides Schenkel, 1963, male and female from Hainan. A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Female habitus, dorsal view; C. Left male palp, bulbus, ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Left male palp, ventral view; F. Same, retrolateral view; G. Epigyne, ventral view; H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: A=1.0mm; B=2.0mm; C–H=0.2mm.