Dendrolycosa songi ( Zhang 2000 ) Zhang, 2000

Jäger, Peter, 2011, Revision of the spider genera Nilus O. Pickard-Cambridge 1876, Sphedanus Thorell 1877 and Dendrolycosa Doleschall 1859 (Araneae: Pisauridae), Zootaxa 3046, pp. 1-38 : 17-18

Dendrolycosa songi ( Zhang 2000) comb. nov.

Figs 81–83

Pisaura songi Zhang 2000: 5 , figs 5A–C (Description of female; holotype, female, from China, Yunnan , Menglun County, D.X. Song leg. 11.XI.1988; 1 female paratype, China, Yunnan , Menglun County, D.X. Song leg. 15.XI.1988; not examined). Dianpisaura songi ,— Zhang et al. 2004: 368, figs 8–10 (Transfer from Pisaura ).

Diagnosis. Medium sized spiders with body length of 13.0 mm and colour pattern A. Median septum narrow posteriorly, broad contiguous carina with posterior indentation. Heads of spermathecae longer than in the similar D. lepida , copulatory ducts distinctly S-shaped ( Figs 81–82 ).

Description. See Zhang (2000) and Zhang et al. (2004).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 167 : 7).

Figures

FIGURE 167. Records of Dendrolycosa spp. 1 Tanzania: Moshi. 2 – 5 India (2 N Gujarat; 3 Bangalore; 4 Bobbili; 5 Darjeeling). 6 Burma: Tharrawaddy, Kyeikpadem. 7 China: Yunnan: Menglun. 8 – 9 Laos (8 Vientiane; 9 Tad Fane). 10 South Vietnam. 11 – 12 Philippines (11 Luzon; 12 Mindanao). 13 – 16 Indonesia (13 Sumatra: Bukkittinggi, Acer Manjon; 14 Java: Tengah; 15 Ambon; 16 Maluku Islands). 17 New Guinea (no exact locality is known). 18 – 19 Australia: Queensland (18 Cape York; 19 Rockhampton). 20 New Caledonia: Loyalty Islands.

FIGURES 81 – 83. Dendrolycosa songi (Zhang 2000) from China, Menglun (81 epigyne, ventral view; 82 vulva, dorsal view; 83 schematic course of internal duct system). Modified from Zhang (2000), not to scale.