Trochosa urbana O. P.-Cambridge, 1876

Zonstein, Sergei, Marusik, Yuri & Omelko, Mikhail, 2015, A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae), Zoology in the Middle East 61 (4), pp. 372-385 : 378

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/09397140.2015.1095525
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6112903
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scientific name	Trochosa urbana O. P.-Cambridge, 1876
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Trochosa urbana O. P.-Cambridge, 1876 View in CoL

Trochosa urbana O. P.- Cambridge, 1876: 601, pl. 60, f. 14 (♂♀) Lycosa urbana: Denis, 1947: 32, pl. 1, f. 6‒7 (♂♀)

For a complete synonym listing and references, see the World Spider Catalog (2015). Material. ISRAEL: Eastern Galilee: Lake Hula, 27.iv.2010 (L. Friedman & C. Drees) – 5♂, 1♀ ( TAU ); Lake Kinneret, Degania , 26.iv.2010 (L. Friedman & C. Drees) – 6♂ ( TAU) .

Comments. Trochosa urbana was originally described from Egypt. Roewer (1955) transferred it to Geolycosa Montgomery, 1904 , although the species lacks tibial scopula (a key character of Geolycosa ) and has a carapace pattern and male palp typical for Trochosa . Here, we transfer this species back to Trochosa . Although T. urbana is broadly distributed (North, Central Africa, Seychelles to India), it was not previously reported from Israel.