Pardosa

Isaia, Marco, Paschetta, Mauro & Chiarle, Alberto, 2015, Annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation “ Alpi Marittime ” (NW Italy), Zoosystema 37 (1), pp. 57-114 : 86

Pardosa sp. gr. lugubris (Walckenaer, 1802)

NEW DATA. — Entracque : Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea , 900-1200 m, 16.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Torrente Bousset , Trinità di Entracque , open area close to a spring with Petasites and Salix, 1000-1200 m, 29.VI-9.VIII.2007, 2♂, leg. K. Wolf- Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Valdieri : pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest, 1500-2000 m, 30. VI.2009, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 29. VI.2009, 3♀ (MRSN) ; Vernante : Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 8♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 9.IX.2011, 3♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500 m, 11.VIII.2011, 3♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 9.IX.2011, 3♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 13.X.2011, 2♀ ; same locality, 1600 m, 9.IX.2011, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 12♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 8♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè , Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 2♀ .

MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, broadleaved woods, shrublands, riparian habitats, rocky lands.

NOTES. — The identification of specimens of the Pardosa lugubris (Walckenaer, 1802) group based on morphological characters is difficult. In particular, females can only be identified when collected in association with males. Nevertheless, the species of this group are reproductively isolated, so the only reliable means of separating them at present is their courtship behaviour ( Nentwig et al. 2014). See also notes about Pardosa lugubris and Pardosa saltans Töpfer- Hofmann, 2000.