Tetralycosa wundurra ( McKay, 1979 ) Framenau & Hudson, 2017

Framenau, Volker W. & Hudson, Peter, 2017, Taxonomy, systematics and biology of the Australian halotolerant wolf spider genus Tetralycosa (Araneae: Lycosidae: Artoriinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 335, pp. 1-72 : 31-35

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.335

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EFCD2BD0-D70E-4A9B-8EEA-FE86EDC66F57

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3850572

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C687C8-FFFA-181E-96CD-9A6DB5E1C25B

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Tetralycosa wundurra ( McKay, 1979 )
status

comb. nov.

Tetralycosa wundurra ( McKay, 1979) View in CoL comb. nov.

Figs 2F View Fig ; 10 View Fig E–H; 12A–F; 13

Trochosa wundurra McKay, 1979b: 296–297 View in CoL , figs 4i–j.

Trochosa wundurra View in CoL – McKay 1985: 87. — Platnick 1989: 391.

Diagnosis

Within the oraria -group, T. wundurra comb. nov. is most similar to T. oraria (see Diagnosis there).

Type material

AUSTRALIA: holotype of Trochosa wundurra McKay, 1979 , ♀, Western Australia, Hyden Lake, Hyden , 32°27′ S, 118°54′ E, on sandy shoreline, 28 Mar. 1970, R.J. McKay leg. ( QM S96 ). GoogleMaps

Other material examined

AUSTRALIA, Western Australia: 1 ♂, Damboring East Road, 30°31′ S, 116°44′ E ( WAM T70296); 1 ♂, Dumbleyung Lake North, 32°21′29″ S, 117°38′40″ E ( WAM T47200); 1 ♀, Jerramungup, 33°56′34″ S, 118°54′54″ E ( WAM T70503); 1 ♀, Kellerberrin SE, Shackleton Road, 31°54′39″ S, 117°50′15″ E ( WAM T47208); 1 ♀, Lake Bryde East Nature Reserve, Lake Bryde Road, 33°21′20″ S, 118°54′26″ E ( WAM T47205); 2 ♀♀, Lake Gulson, 65 km SE of Hyden, 32°45′59″ S, 117°24′12″ E ( WAM T51472, T62666); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Muir Highway South, Thomson Road, 34°26′43″ S, 116°38′44″ E ( WAM T47326 View Materials , T62785); 2 ♀♀, Salt River, 45 km ENE of Quairading, 31°53′31″ S, 117°49′46″ E ( WAM T51467, T51469); 41 ♀♀, 11 juvs, Taarblin Lake, SW shore, 10 km SW of Toolibin Lake, 32°59′20″ S, 117°32′37″ E ( WAM T48062–3, T51453, T62667); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Toolibin Lake, 32°55′05″ S, 117°36′57″ E ( WAM T47159).

Description

MEASUREMENTS. ♂ WAM T62785 (♀ holotype, QM S96): TL 6.60 (7.65), CL 4.05 (4.50), CW 2.93 (3.45). Eyes: AME 0.19 (0.18), ALE 0.14 (0.15), PME 0.29 (0.28), PLE 0.26 (0.26). Row of eyes: AE 0.83 (0.90), PME 0.77 (0.79), PLE 1.17 (1.23). Sternum length/width: 1.65/1.35 (1.80/1.50). Labium length/ width: 0.43/0.57 (0.59/0.61). AL 3.00 (3.50), AW 2.4 (3.50). Legs: Lengths of segments (femur + patella/ tibia + metatarsus + tarsus = total length): Pedipalp 1.35+1.20+ – +1.13 = 3.68, I 2.85+3.75+2.85+1.35 = 10.80, II 2.85+3.60+2.85+1.35 = 10.65, III 2.70+3.00+2.85+1.28 = 9.83, IV 3.30+4.05+3.75+1.65 = 12.75 (Pedipalp 1.50+1.73+ – +1.13= 4.36, I 2.85+3.60+2.25+1.20 = 9.90, II 2.85+3.45+2.40+1.20 = 9.90, III 2.78+3.15+2.55+1.20 = 9.68, IV 3.30+4.20+3.45+1.65 = 12.60).

VARIATION. ♂ (♀) (range, mean ± SD): TL 5.25–6.30, 5.90 ± 0.57; CL 3.30–3.75, 3.60 ± 0.26; CW 2.70–2.85, 2.80 ± 0.09; n = 3 (TL 5.40–10.50, 7.71 ± 1.19; CL 2.85–5.25, 4.02 ± 0.68; CW 1.95–3.75, 3.03 ± 0.46; n = 14).

Male (based on WAM T62785)

CARAPACE ( Fig. 10E View Fig ). Dorsal line straight in lateral view; brown with indistinct darker radial pattern; indistinct narrow light median band limited to posterior two thirds and very distinct light lateral bands of one tenth of carapace width extending to margin; covered with brown setae, white setae in marginal band; few dark setae between eyes; brown bristles lateral of PE and between PME and PLE; four long bristles below AE; one long bristle between AME.

EYES. Row of AE slightly wider than row of PME; row of AE very slightly procurved.

CHELICERAE. Light orange-brown; white setae and brown macrosetae; three promarginal teeth with the median largest; three retromarginal teeth of similar size.

STERNUM ( Fig. 10F View Fig ). Yellow-brown with some grey pigmentation; covered with brown setae that are longer and denser towards margins.

LABIUM. Brown; front end truncate and white. PEDIPALPS ( Fig. 12 View Fig A–C). Tegular apophysis broad with a baso-laterally pointing tip ( Fig. 12A View Fig ); embolus broad with short, slim tip ( Figs 2F View Fig , 12C View Fig ).

ABDOMEN. Dorsally olive-grey with lighter brown spots and lines; yellow-brown lanceolate heart mark in anterior half; a pair of two large yellow-brown patches in posterior half; covered with olive-brown setae, light brown or white setae in heart mark and posterior patches ( Fig. 10E View Fig ). Ventrally light yellowbrown with some rudimentary, indistinct olive-grey median discolouration; covered with white setae. Spinnerets yellow-brown ( Fig. 10F View Fig ).

LEGS. Leg formula IV>I>II>III; light yellow-brown; distal half of metatarsi and tarsi of leg I darker; hair-like erect setae in particular on metatarsi of leg I. Spination of leg I: femur: three dorsal, two prolateral, two retrolateral; patella: one prolateral, one retrolateral; tibia: one dorsal, three ventral pairs, two prolateral, two retrolateral; metatarsus: three ventral pairs, two prolateral, two retrolateral, one apicoventral, one apicoprolateral, one apicoretrolateral.

Female (based on WAM T70296)

CARAPACE ( Fig. 10G View Fig ). Light brown with indistinct darker radial pattern; indistinctly lighter medially; distinct lighter lateral bands and indistinct grey marginal bands; covered with brown setae, but white setae in lateral bands; brown bristles around eyes; four long bristles below AME, one long bristle between AME.

EYES. Row of AE wider than row of PME; median line through AE slightly procurved.

CHELICERAE. Very dark reddish-brown, long silverish setae and long brown bristles medially; three promarginal teeth with the median one largest, three retromarginal teeth of similar size.

STERNUM ( Fig. 10H View Fig ). Yellow-brown with some grey pigmentation; brown bristles, denser and longer towards margin.

LABIUM. Dark brown, darker centrally; front end truncate and wide.

ABDOMEN. Irregularly dark olive-grey, indistinct yellow-brown lanceolate heart mark in anterior half; mainly white setae and fewer brown macrosetae ( Fig. 10G View Fig ). Venter yellow-brown; setae as dorsal but less macrosetae. Spinnerets yellow-brown ( Fig. 10H View Fig ).

EPIGYNE. Ventral view ( Fig. 12 View Fig D–E): wider than long, median septum with indistinct inverted T-shaped dark pattern. Dorsal view (WAM T47205; Fig. 12F View Fig ): spermathecal heads distinctly wider than spermathecal stalks that attach posteriorly.

LEGS. Leg formula IV>I=II>III. Light brown, basal third of femora lighter. Spination of leg I: femur: two dorsal, one retrolateral; tibia: one apicoventral pair; metatarsus: three (small) ventral pairs, one apicoventral.

Remarks

Tetralycosa wundurra comb. nov. was initially described in the lycosine genus Trochosa solely based on the eye pattern, with the row of the anterior eyes being wider than that of the posterior median eyes ( McKay 1979b). However, genital characters clearly identify this species as a member of the genus Tetralycosa with no affinities to the Lycosinae and it is consequently transferred from Trochosa . The male of T. wundurra comb. nov. is here described for the first time.

Life history and habitat preferences

Most specimens where collected in pitfall traps exposed from October to March in samphire vegetation near salt lakes or on the lake floor.

Distribution

South-western Western Australia ( Fig. 13 View Fig ).

WAM

Western Australian Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Lycosidae

Genus

Tetralycosa

Loc

Tetralycosa wundurra ( McKay, 1979 )

Framenau, Volker W. & Hudson, Peter 2017
2017
Loc

Trochosa wundurra

Platnick N. I. 1989: 391
McKay R. J. 1985: 87
1985
Loc

Trochosa wundurra

McKay R. J. 1979: 297
1979
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