Review of the wolf spider genus Xerolycosa Dahl, 1908 from China (Araneae: Lycosidae) Author Wang, Lu-Yu 0000-0002-5250-3473 Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China Author Marusik, Yuri M. 0000-0002-4499-5148 Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000, Russia & Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa yurmar@mail.ru Author Peng, Xian-Jin 0000-0002-2614-3910 College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China Author Zhang, Zhi-Sheng Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China text Zootaxa 2024 2024-06-04 5463 1 47 62 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5463.1.3 journal article 298434 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.1.3 0fcdda55-763d-4809-85bb-3a8b9ce52032 1175-5326 11610112 6E5E3F4A-46C0-4BC2-9439-2B8DF2759E37 Xerolycosa xinjiangensis sp. nov. (ūēªDƃ) Figures 12A–B , 13A–C , 14 Type material. Holotype male , Xinjiang , Shihezi City , Manasi County , 44°18.091′N , 86°12.890′E , elev. 470 m , August 2015 , J. Su & T. Li leg. (SWUC-T-LY-13-01). Etymology. The specific name comes from the type locality. FIGURE 12. Xerolycosa xinjiangensis sp. nov. . Holotype male. A. Left male pedipalp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view. Diagnosis. Male of this new species resembles X. mongolica ( Figs 6A–B , 7C–G , 8A–E ), but differs from the latter by the slightly branched terminal apophysis and median apophysis larger and with a long, cuspidal ventral process ( Figs 12A–B , 13B–C ). FIGURE 13. Xerolycosa xinjiangensis sp. nov. . Holotype male. A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Left male pedipalp, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view. Description. Male holotype ( Fig. 13A ) total length 6.43. Carapace 3.60 long, 2.35 wide; opisthosoma 2.58 long, 1.92 wide. Carapace yellow brown. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.15, ALE 0.10, PME 0.37, PLE 0.32; AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.05, PME–PME 0.29, PME–PLE 0.39. Clypeus height 0.09. Chelicerae, labium, endites and sternum yellow brown. Sternum with sparse brown setae. Leg measurements: I 10.61 (3.15, 3.33, 2.64, 1.49); II 7.65 (2.25, 2.39, 1.82, 1.19); III 10.95 (3.13, 3.15, 3.06, 1.61); IV 13.58 (3.81, 4.07, 3.88, 1.82). Leg formula: 4312. Opisthosoma oval. Dorsum yellow brown, with black mark, cardiac mark dark brown. Venter yellow brown. Male pedipalp ( Figs 12A–B , 13B–C ). Subtegulum baso-prolaterally located. Terminal apophysis membranous, wide and with a somewhat bifurcate tip. Embolus long. Conductor small and membranous, with a rounded end. Median apophysis strong, with an axe-like ventral process. Female unknown. Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Xinjiang , China ( Fig. 14 ).