Hogna ferox ( Lucas, 1838 )

Marusik, Yuri M. & Nadolny, Anton A., 2020, On the identity of Trochosa hispanica (Araneae, Lycosidae), with notes on the synonymy of West Palaearctic “ Trochosa ” species, Zootaxa 4859 (1), pp. 56-80 : 72

Hogna ferox ( Lucas, 1838)

Fig. 14

Geolycosa altera Roewer, 1955a: 764 , fig. 12 (♀). Syn. n.

Geolycosa atroscopulata Roewer, 1955a: 765 , figs 14–16 (♂ ♀). Syn. n.

Lycorma nigrichelis Roewer, 1955a: 767 , figs 17–19 (♂ ♀). Syn. n.

Hogna radiata: Mozaffarian & Marusik 2001: 69 (synonymized with G. altera without examination of the type).

Hogna ferox: Wunderlich 1992: 458 , figs 716–719 (♂ ♀); Hepner & Paulus 2009: 341, figs 14–16 (♂ ♀).

Trochosa altera: Logunov 2012: 355 , figs 20–21 (examined type, transferred from Geolycosa ).

Hogna ferox: Lecigne 2016b: 104 , figs 7L–O, 11J–K (♂).

For the complete list of taxonomic references see World Spider Catalog (2020).

Types. Geolycosa atroscopulata Roewer, 1955 ( Fig. 14 A–G): lectotype ♂ and paralectotypes 2♂ 1♀ designated here ( SMF), “Arachn. Coll. Rwr. -Lfd. No. 11441, No. 703, Typ., Iran: Sabzawaran”, examined (in the text Roewer mentioned this material as: 1♂ 1♀, Sabzawaran, Typus, H. Löffler leg., 2♂, Sabzawaran, Paratipoide, F. Starmuhl- ner leg.) ; 1♀ ( SMF), “Sabzawaran (nördl. Flussbett), Paratypoid”, H. Löffler leg., not examined .

Geolycosa altera Roewer, 1955: 1 ♀ (SMF), “bei Tschalus (Kaspi-Küste), Typus ”, H. Löffler leg., not exam- ined.

Lycorma nigrichelis Roewer, 1955 ( Fig. 14 H–I): holotype ♀ ( SMF), “Arachn. Coll. Rwr. -Lfd. No. 11444, No. 706, Typus, Kurusch-Gol (Tabris)”, H. Loffler leg., examined ; paratype 1♂ ( SMF), “ Allotypus, bei Tschalus (Kaspi- Kuste)”, F. Starmuhlner leg., not examined .

Comments. This species is considered here because Geolycosa altera was recently ( Logunov 2012; World Spi- der Catalog 2020) placed in Trochosa . Although we have not studied the type, this species is adequately illustrated by Logunov (2012). Its peculiarly shaped vulva is exactly the same as that of H. ferox . The female allotype of G. atroscopulata is a subadult with a well-developed ‘pre-epigyne’. The structure of the epigyne and habitus in the type of Lycorma nigrichelis are identical to those of H. ferox .

Figures

FIGURE 14. Hogna ferox: types of Geolycosa atroscopulata (A–G) and holotype of Lycorma nigrichelis (H–I).A male habitus, dorsal; B male palp, ventral; C–D male palp, retrolateral; E male leg I, prolateral; F subadult female, dorsal; G pre-epigyne, ventral; H female, dorsal; I epigyne, ventral. Letters marked with ’ refer to original figures by Roewer (1955a)