Alopecosa sulzeri ( Pavesi, 1873 )

Hajdamowicz, Izabela, Rozwałka, Robert, Stańska, Marzena, Rutkowski, Tomasz & Sienkiewicz, Paweł, 2020, Xerophilic Alopecosa sulzeri (Pavesi, 1873) (Araneae: Lycosidae) - a new wolf spider species in Poland, Zootaxa 4899 (1), pp. 175-185 : 178

Alopecosa sulzeri ( Pavesi, 1873)

Figures 6–18

Alopecosa sulzeri: Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969: 67 , fig. 19a–e; Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971: 167, fig. 81a–e). For complete list of taxonomic references see WSC (2020).

Description. Alopecosa sulzeri is a medium-sized species with body colours corresponding to the Alopecosa fabrilis (Clerck, 1757) group. Body length of males 8–10 mm and females 14–19 mm ( Nentwig et al. 2020). Measurements for specimens from Poland. Female: carapace length (n = 3) 5.42–6.34 [average 5.93], total length (n = 1) 13.07; male: carapace length (n = 7) 5.09–5.39 [average 5.27], total length (n = 5) 9.87–10.81 [average 10.23].

Carapace red-brown with wide bright stripe in middle ( Figs 6, 8 , 13 ). Dorsal part of abdomen grey-brown, with faint lanceolate spot in anterior part of abdomen and 4–5 darker tile-shaped stripes in posterior part. Black-brown spots consisting of dark hairs on both sides of anterior part of abdomen ( Figs 6, 8 , 13 ). Chelicerae dark brown, densely covered with hairs, masticatory plates and sternum light brown to dark brown; underside of abdomen black ( Figs 7 , 14 ). Femora with faint grey spots (shading), other segments yellow-brown ( Figs 6–7 , 13–14 ). Tarsi and partially metatarsi with scopulae. Male palps reddish-brown, cymbium without claws. Tegular apophysis almost rectangular, its medial edge with semicircular notch ( Figs 10–12 ). Epigyne relatively small, with deltoid contour. Copulatory ducts relatively short and twisted, spermathecae small and spherical, with relatively thick walls ( Figs 15–18 ).

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FIGURES 6–12. Alopecosa sulzeri, male. 6 Dorsal habitus; 7 Ventral habitus; 8 Prosoma, dorsal; 9 Abdomen, dorsal; 10 Palpal organ, ventral; 11 Palpal organ, retrolateral; 12 Palpal organ, prolateral. Scale bars: 6–9 = 1 mm, 10 –12 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 13–18. Alopecosa sulzeri, female. 13–14 Habitus, dorsal and ventral; 15–16 Epigyne ventral; 17–18 Epigyne, dorsal. Scale bars: 13–14 = 1 mm, 15–16 = 0.5 mm.