Wadicosa fidelis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

Al-Yacoub, G. A. A. & Najim, S. A., 2023, A New Record And А Taxonomic Review With Checklist Of Wolf Spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) From Iraq, Zoodiversity 57 (5), pp. 383-390 : 386-387

Wadicosa fidelis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

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Hepner & Paulus, 2009: 343, f. 20–22 (♂, ♀); Kronestedt & Zyuzin, 2009: 818, f. 1–20 (♂, ♀); Lu et al., 2016: 137, f. 9A–H, 10A–D, 11A–D, 12E–F (♂, ♀).

Material examined. 5 ♂, 3 ♀: 1 ♀: Iraq: Thi Qar Province, Ur District, agricultural land, [31°01'42.5" N 46°18'07.1" E], 7.05.2022 (G. A. A. Al-Yacoub) ( BNHM); 2 ♂: Iraq: Basrah Province:, Al Khait, Qarmat Ali , agricultural land, [30°36'24.3"N 47°42'58.9"E], 30.04.2022 (S. A. Najim) ( BNHM) .

Distribution. Macaronesia, North Africa, Southern Europe, Caucasus, Middle East, Central Asia, China, Japan, Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia (Sumatra).

Comment. In Iraq, this species was previously reported from Salahaddin Province ( Reimoser, 1913), Baghdad, Karbala ( Baker & Ali, 2020) and Basrah ( Najim & Al-Hadlag 2022).

Figures

Fig. 6. Ventral palp of Wadicosa fidelis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872). Scale bar 0.5 mm.