Descriptions Of Three New And Six New Record Wolf Spider Species From Taiwan (Arachnida: Araneae: Lycosidae)
Author
Tso, I-Min
Author
Chen, Jun
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2004
52
2
399
411
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.4618989
2345-7600
4618989
Venonia spirocysta
Cai, 1991
(
Figs. 41-44
)
Venonia spirocysta
Cai
, in Chen & Zhang, 1991: 208, Figs. 211.1- 4;
Cai, 1993: 60
,
Figs. 1-16
;
Yin et al., 1997: 50
,
Fig. 21
;
Song et al., 1999: 346
, Figs. 202A, E.
Material examined.
-
1 female
,
Kenting National Park
,
Pingtong County
,
Taiwan
,
Apr.2000
, coll.
Yu-Lung Hsieh
(NMNS-THU-Ar- 02-0168)
;
1 male
,
Kenting National Park
,
Pingtong County
,
Taiwan
,
Apr.2000
, coll.
Yu-Lung Hsieh
(NMNS-THU-Ar-01-0106)
;
2 males
,
Lugu Country
,
Nantou County
,
Taiwan
,
25 Aug.1995
, coll. Wen-
Hao Chou
(NMNS-THU-Ar-02-0157)
.
Description. –
Female:
Total length 4.05: carapace length 1.90, width 1.35; abdomen length 2.27, width 1.53. Body with brown pubescence. Median band of carapace yellowishbrown, distinct, narrowing backward. Anterior eye row procurved, AME larger than ALE, AME-AME slight shorter than AME-ALE. Chelicerae with 3 teeth on both promargin and retromargin. Legs yellowish-brown, with brown annulations. Posterior margin of epigynal plate concave (
Figs. 41-42
).
Male:
Total length 2.57-3.37. One specimen: total length 2.70, carapace length 1.53, width 1.16; abdomen length 1.29, width 0.92. Similar to female in general shape and colour. Median band of carapace narrow, indistinct. Annulations of legs almost indistinguishable. Femur of leg I and pedipalp dark brown in colour. Tarsus of pedipalp without thick terminal setae, cymbium relatively large, genital bulb almost occupying the whole tarsus. Median apophysis pointing anteriorly (
Figs. 43-44
).
Distribution. –
Taiwan
, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guizhou.