Piratula meridionalis ( Tanaka, 1974 )

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 : 55-57

Piratula meridionalis ( Tanaka, 1974) ( Figs 52A–H , 53A–E, 54A–D)

Pirata meridionalis Tanaka, 1974: 31 , figs 15–17 (♂ ♀). For full list of publications and synonyms concerning this species, see WSC (2020).

Description. See Yin et al. (2012) for both sexes. Habitus, male palp and epigyne as in Figs 52A–H , 53A–E, 54A–D. Material examined. 1♂ 4♀, Wuzhishan City, Shuiman Town, 18°53.339′N, 109°39.899′E, elev. 582 m, 25.III.2015, L.Y. Wang & G.Q. Huang leg. (SWUC); 1♀, Ledong County, Jianfengling Nature Reserve, Tianchi, 18°44.541′N, 108°51.586′E, elev. 814 m, 27.III.2015, L.Y. Wang & G.Q. Huang leg. (SWUC).

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Hongkong), Korea, Japan.

Figures

Figure 52. Piratula meridionalis (Tanaka, 1974), 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 =0.5mm; B=1.0mm; C–H=0.1mm.