Trochosa ruricola (De Geer, 1778)

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Lycosa (Trochosa) ochracea L. Koch, 1856: 407 (♀). Syn. n.

Trochosa ochracea: Bonnet 1959: 4705 .

Trochosa ruricola: Paquin & Dupérré 2003: 171, figs 1923–1925 (♂ ♀); Almquist 2005: 247, figs 242a–f (♂ ♀).

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

Material examined (from Central Asia only): TURKMENISTAN: 1♀ (ZMMU), Pamiro-Alai mountain system, W slope of Kugitang-Tau Mt. Ridge, 1200 m, Khodzhaifil Vill., 9.05.1984 (A. V. Tanasevitch) . UZBEKISTAN: 3♂ 4♀ (ZMMU), Pamiro-Alai mountain system, E slope of Kugitang-Tau Mt. Ridge, Kampyrtepa (=Kampyr- Tepe) Vill., 1600–1800 m, 19– 21.05.1984 (A. V. Tanasevitch) . KYRGYZSTAN: 1♂ (ZMMU), Bishkek, 28.10.1994 (S. V. Ovchinnikov) ; 1♂ (ZMMU), inner Tien-Shang, Kokirim Mt. Ridge, Kaindy, 3.07.1995 (S. V. Ovchinnikov) ; 1♂ (ZMMU), Ferghana Mt. Ridge, env. of Arslanbob Vill., 19.05.1983 (unknown collector) . TAJIKISTAN: 1♀ (ZMMU), Khatlon Area, env. of Pyandzh Town, clay cliff, 37°12.735’N 69°11.551’E, 387 m, 5.05.2015 (Y.M. Marusik) ; 1♀ (ZMMU), env. of Dushanbe, Hissar Mt. Ridge, 38 th km of Varzob Hwy, Takob Gorge, env. of Degmalik Vill., 38°50.829’N 68°54.637’E, 805 m, 8.05.2015 (Y.M. Marusik) .

Comments. The type of Trochosa ochracea cannot be located at the Wien Museum (Christoph Hörweg, pers. comm.). It is not possible to determine the species to which it may belong based on the female. Currently, three species are known from Spain— T. hispanica, T. robusta, and T. ruricola . We synonymize T. ochracea with the oldest species of Trochosa to prevent further nomenclatorial changes or discussion to suppress the older name T. ochracea in order to keep either T. hispanica or T. robusta .