Trochosa ruricoloides Schenkel, 1963

Tso, I-Min & Chen, Jun, 2004, Descriptions Of Three New And Six New Record Wolf Spider Species From Taiwan (Arachnida: Araneae: Lycosidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2), pp. 399-411 : 407

Trochosa ruricoloides Schenkel, 1963

( Figs. 34-36 )

Trochosa ruricoloides Schenkel, 1963: 350 , Fig. 202; Zhu, 1983: 76; Yin et al., 1995: 28, Figs. 23-29 ; Yin et al., 1997: 157, Fig. 74; Song et al., 1999: 345, Figs. 201I, Q.

Material examined. – 1 male, Kenting National Park , Pingtong County, Taiwan, Mar.2000, coll. Yu-Lung Hsieh (NMNS-THU-Ar- 01-0104) ; 1 male, Kenting National Park , Pingtong County, Taiwan, Jul.2000, coll. Yu-Lung Hsieh (NMNS-THU-Ar-02-0166) .

Description. – Male: One specimen: total length 6.37, carapace length 3.37, width 2.33; abdomen length 3.19, width 1.59. Another specimen: carapace length 2.82, width 2.02 (abdomen damaged). Body pale. Median band of carapace distinct, anterior part with a pair of longitudinal dark marks. Anterior eye row slightly recurved, AME larger then ALE. Annulations of legs indistinct. Cymbium of pedipalp with a thick terminal setae. Median apophysis of pedipalp organ rectangular shaped and directed laterally, distal half part of its anterior margin folded toward ventral side, and base of this part slightly extended toward inside, forming an angular prominence ( Figs. 34-35 ).

Distribution. – Taiwan, Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Tibet, Sichuan, Shaanxi.

Figures

Figs. 34-36. Trochosa ruricoloides Schenkel, 1963. 34-36. left pedipalp of male (34. ventral view; 35. retrolateral view); 36. terminal part of right pedipalp (ventral view). Scale bars: Figs. 34-35 = 0.15mm; Fig. 36 = 0.10mm.

Figs. 17-24. Pirata digitatus, new species. 17. carapace (female, dorsal view); 18-19. epigynum (18. ventral view; 19. dorsal view); 20-22. left pedipalp of male (20. ventral view; 21. retrolateral view; 22. prolaterla view); 23-24. right pedipalp of male (expanded, 23. ventral view; 24. dorsal view). Abbreviations:co: copulatory opening; ct: copulatory tube; em: embolus; ma:median apophysis; st: subtegulum; t: tegulum. Scale bars: Fig. 17 = 0.40mm; Figs. 18-19 = 0.05mm; Figs. 20-24 = 0.10mm.

Figs. 25-28. Pardosa procurva Yu & Song, 1988. 25-26. epigynum (25. ventral view; 26. dorsal view); 27-28. left pedipalp of male (27. ventral view; 28. retrolateral view). Scale bars: Figs. 25-28 = 0.15mm.

Figs. 29-33. Lycosa boninensis Tanaka, 1989. 29-30. epigynum (29. ventral view; 30. dorsal view); 31-32. left pedipalp of male (31. ventral view; 32. retrolateral view); 33. terminal part of right pedipalp (ventral view). Scale bars: Figs. 29-30 = 0.15mm; Figs. 31-32 = 0.25mm; Fig. 33 = 0.15mm.