Lycosidae, Sundevall, 1833

Grbić, Gordana, Hänggi, Ambros & Krnjajić, Slobodan, 2021, Spiders (Araneae) Of Subotica Sandland (Serbia): Additional Arguments In Environmental Protection, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 67 (1), pp. 15-61 : 27-28

Family Lycosidae

Pardosa maisa Hippa et Mannila, 1982

Material: 27.04.2014 F 4mm 1f; 18.05.2014 F 3mm; 30.05.2014 F 2ff; 16.07.2014 F 1m; 27.04.2014 M2 1m.

Determination: HIPPA & MANNILA (1982), SZINETÁR & GUITPRECHT (2001), GAJDOŠ et al. (2019).

Global distribution: Palaearctic (without western Europe).

Habitat: In very wet habitats such as the sphagnum layer of moors and fens.

Note: This species was originally described from the transition zone between a pine peat bog and a swamp with acidophilous Sphagnum mosses ( HIPPA & MANNILA 1982). In Hungary, it was found in fen meadows with good water supply ( SZINETÁR & GUITPRECHT 2001). In our material, Pardosa maisa was recorded in a wet field of sedges (habitat F) and with a single m in the nearby meadow (habitat M2). The known worldwide distribution, as mentioned above is not continuous. The reason for this is unknown. It could be a result of the natural distribution of the spider or because of low research intensity in wet habitats. The locality in Serbia is the southwestern border of its distribution. In our specimens, in contrast to NENTWIG et al. (2020) the lateral bands on the prosoma are clearly visible ( Fig. 8 ) as also shown in GAJDOŠ et al. (2019). In the Czech Republic, the species is classified as critically endangered and in Finland as nearly threatened.

Figures

Fig. 8. Pardosa maisa, male, A, B = mal left palp, A = ventral, B = lateral, C = male, habitus. Scale bars: 1 mm for A–B, 3 mm for C