Lycosa michaelseni Simon, 1902 Fig. 10 A–C

Lycosa michaelseni Simon, 1902: 42 ( Lycosa Michaelseni n. sp. description female).

Alopecosa michaelseni Mello-Leitão, 1947: 263 (transferred to Alopecosa).

Alopecosa michaelseni Casanueva, 1980: 54 (nomina dubia).

Type locality.

Coll. Mich. 85. Süd-Patagonien, Punta Arenas, Wald; 18. X. 92. Coll. Mich. 179. Sü d-Feuerländ . Archipel, Isl. Navarin, Puerto Toro, Wald; XI. 92 (F. Delfin leg.).

Dimensions.

♀. long. 10 mm.

Determination label.

Lycosa Michaelseni n. sp. Nr. 68.

Locality label.

85. [Mag. Hb]. Punta Arenas, Wald. Coll. Michaelsen. 18. X. 92.

Type material.

Lectotype ♀ designated here (ZMH-A0000766).

Remarks.

Lycosa michaelseni was transferred by Mello-Leitão (1947: 263) to Alopecosa, and than declared a nomen dubium by Casanueva (1980: 54); "La descripción original dada por Simon define caracteres que en su mayor parte coinciden con las de otras especies del género Lycosa . La falta de material tipo (probablemente perdido) no permite reconocer a esta especie". The other specimen mentioned by Simon from Puerto Toro was not found in the ZMH collection.

Description.

Female (lectotype). Total length: 10.97; cephalothorax length: 4.73; cephalothorax width: 3.48. COLORATION: (from original description, translated from Latin): "cephalothorax with black forehead, covered by yellow-grayish hairs, with a submarginal sinuous line on both sides. Abdomen black with dark brown hair, intermingled with a few white hairs, longitudinal lanceolate concolor band, posteriorly with spots in two rows, scarcely marked".

CEPHALOTHORAX: Longer than wide, not elevated (Fig. 10A). Chelicerae with two promarginal and two retromarginal teeth. EYES: AME larger than ALE, AER straight in anterior view. ABDOMEN: Oval (Fig. 10A). LEGS: Tibia I with three pairs of ventral spines (2-2-2). GENITALIA: Short, inverted T-shaped median septum; anterior pockets shallow (Fig. 10B, C).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution.

Chile: Punta Arenas.

Note.

Aleopcosa is a large genus of wolf spiders with currently 161 desribed species that are distributed in Eurasia (75% of species), and a few (9%) with a Holarctic or Palearctic distribution (Blagoev & Dondale 2014). Only seven species occur in South America (Venezuela, Ecuador and Argentina) and probably do not belong to that genus but we retain this species in Alopectosa, emphasizing the need for revision.

Current systematic position.

Lycosidae, Alopecosa michaelseni (Simon, 1902).