lycosids, Sundevall, 1833

Steinpress, Igor Armiach, Cohen, Mira, Pétillon, Julien, Chipman, Ariel D. & Gavish-Regev, Efrat, 2022, Lycosa Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Lycosidae) of Israel, with a note on Geolycosa Montgomery, 1904, European Journal of Taxonomy 832 (1), pp. 1-54 : 10-11

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Key to large lycosids View in CoL View at ENA ( Geolycosa , Hogna , Lycosa ) of Israel and Palestine

1. First eye row as wide as second eye row (PME). Second eye row narrower than half of front of the carapace. Posterior eyes arranged in trapezoid ................................................................................. 2

– First eye row narrower than second eye row (PME). Second eye row wider than half of front of carapace. Posterior eyes arranged in rectangle ................................................................................. 3

2. Base of epigyne septum as wide as half of length of pedicel. Terminal apophysis with prolateral spur that is longer than half of width of bulb (incl. spur) ........................................................................... ........................................ Geolycosa vultuosa (C.L. Koch, 1838) View in CoL Figs 2A View Fig , 3A View Fig , 4A View Fig , 5A View Fig , 6A View Fig , 7A View Fig , 8A View Fig

– Base of epigyne septum as wide as length of pedicel. Terminal apophysis with prolateral spur that is shorter than half of width of bulb (incl. spur) ..................................................................................... ......................................................................... Hogna effera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) View in CoL Fig. 8F View Fig

3 View Fig . Epigyne septum hammer-shaped, pedicel long. Terminal apophysis with prolateral spur ................. ........................................................................................ Hogna (cf.) graeca (Roewer, 1951) View in CoL Fig. 8E View Fig

– Epigyne septum trapezoid, pedicel greatly reduced to absent. Terminal apophysis without prolateral spur ........................................................................................................... Lycosa Latreille, 1804 View in CoL …4

4. Ocular area less than one third of length of carapace. Tegular apophysis tip curving posteriorly at ~90°. Left spermatheca not twisting clockwise ................................................................................ 5

– Ocular area longer than one third of length of carapace. Tegular apophysis tip directed retrolaterally and not curving posteriorly. Left spermatheca twisting clockwise ................................................... 6

5. Crest of tegular apophysis ½ width of tegular apophysis. Conductor tip acute. Base of spermathecae parallel or subparallel, not helical ...................................................... Lycosa piochardi Simon, 1876 View in CoL Figs 2D View Fig , 3D View Fig , 4D View Fig , 5D View Fig , 6D, G View Fig , 7D, G View Fig , 9C–L View Fig , 10C–L View Fig , 11E–F View Fig , 12C View Fig , 13–18 View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig

– Crest of tegular apophysis>½ width of tegular apophysis. Conductor tip blunt. Base of spermathecae helical, twisting counterclockwise ... Lycosa praegrandis C.L. Koch, 1836 View in CoL Figs 2E View Fig , 9M View Fig , 10M View Fig , 12A View Fig (Not yet known from the southern Levant. May be present in nearby areas)

6. Tegular apophysis tip and crest of tegular apophysis distinct from one another. Septal pedicel present. Atria of epigyne visible ...................................................................................................................... ..... Lycosa hyraculus sp. nov. Figs 2C View Fig , 3C View Fig , 4C View Fig , 5C View Fig , 6C, F View Fig , 7C, F View Fig , 8C–D View Fig , 9B View Fig , 10B View Fig , 11C–D View Fig , 12C View Fig , 19 View Fig

– Tegular apophysis tip indistinct from the crest and continuing line of crest of tegular apophysis ..... ................................................... Lycosa gesserit sp. nov. Figs 2B View Fig , 3B View Fig , 4B View Fig , 5B View Fig , 6B View Fig , 7B View Fig , 8B View Fig , 12B View Fig , 20 View Fig

– Septal pedicel absent. Atria of epigyne not visible ........... Lycosa sp. Figs 6E View Fig , 7E View Fig , 9A View Fig , 10A View Fig , 12A–B View Fig