Ovia quinquedens ( Dhali, Roy, Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2012 ) Sankaran & Caleb & Sebastian, 2021

Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D. & Sebastian, Pothalil A., 2021, Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae), Zootaxa 4908 (4), pp. 489-504 : 502

Ovia quinquedens ( Dhali, Roy, Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2012) comb. nov.

Fig. 11

Arctosa quinquedens Dhali et al., 2012: 1200 , figs 1–6, 18. Dhali et al. 2017: 78, plate XXIII, figs 394–398.

Type material. Female holotype from INDIA: West Bengal: Jalpaiguri: Buxa Tiger Reserve : Rajabhatkhawa (26°36’57.59’’N, 89°31’56.62’’E), 81 m alt.; D.C. Dhali leg.; 9 April 2009; repository EZC (0025-12), examined from photographs .

Diagnosis. Females of O. quinquedens closely resemble the females of Ovia procurva (Yu & Song, 1988) in the general appearance of the epigynum, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by large epigynal atria, which are small in O. procurva (compare Fig. 11 A–B to Sankaran et al. 2017: fig. 5J).

Description. For female, see Dhali et al. (2012).

Male. Unknown.

Justification of the transfer. Dhali et al. (2012) described this species based on a single female specimen collected in West Bengal. The original genitalia illustrations ( Dhali et al. 2012: figs 5–6) of this species are highly schematic and do not facilitate identification. The paired anterior hoods of the epigynum ( Fig. 11B ) clearly indicate that this species is misplaced in Arctosa , as species of this genus lack anterior epigynal hoods and have well-developed epigynal median septum ( Dondale & Redner 1983; Yoo et al. 2007). Instead, the general female habitus and colour pattern, the female epigynum with paired wide, longitudinal atria separated by a narrow median septum and the paired conspicuous anterior epigynal hoods ( Dhali et al. 2012: fig. 18; Fig. 11 A-B) indicate that it may be a member of Ovia Sankaran, Malamel & Sebastian, 2017 . However, it will be confirmed only after examining the vulva of this species, which could not be examined for this study.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Ovia quinquedens (Dhali, Roy, Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2012) comb. nov. A female holotype epigynum, ventral. B same, ventral. Figures not to scale and 11A used with the permission of Dr Dhruba Chandra Dhali.