Ovia macritchie Lu, Koh, Zhang et Li, 2018

Omelko, M. M., Yu & Marusik, M., 2020, A new species and new records of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Laos, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68, pp. 479-487 : 480

Ovia macritchie Lu, Koh, Zhang et Li, 2018

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O. macritchie Lu et al., 2018: 347 , figs. 2A–G, 5A–G, 8A–F, 11A–D, 13A–B, male and female.

Material examined. 3 males ( FEFU), LAOS, Vientiane Prov., environs of Nam Lik Eco-village resort, litter, 18°36′53.18″N 102°24′31.87″E, coll. M.M. Omelko, 19–27 May 2016 ; female ( FEFU), same locality and habitat, coll. M.M. Omelko, 12–13 June 2017 ; 6 males ( FEFU), same locality, pitfall traps at edge of rice field, coll. M.M. Omelko, 22 May–9 June 2016 ; 1 male ( FEFU), same locality, pitfall traps, coll. A.A. Komissarenko, 28 May 2016 .

Note. The species is known only from the original description. It was collected from several localities in Singapore and has not since been collected from outside of the country. Thus, our find is the first record from a second country and the northernmost record of the species.

Distribution. Singapore, Laos (first record from the country).

Figures

Fig. 42. Map of collecting localities.