Acantholycosa baltoroi

Marusik, Yuri M. & Omelko, Mikhail M., 2017, A new species of Acantholycosa baltoroi- group (Araneae: Lycosidae, Pardosinae) from the Russian Far East, Zootaxa 4232 (4), pp. 597-600 : 599-600

Key to males of Palaearctic species belonging to the A. baltoroi -group

1 Embolus without embolic tooth, tip truncated, paleal apophysis a small triangle ( Fig. 10 ) .............................................. A. baltoroi

- Embolus with tooth, paleal apophysis small to large, triangular or claw-like ( Figs 1 , 11–12 ) .........................................................2

2 Tip of embolus bilobated ( Figs 4–6 , 11 ), legs I–II without pubescence ........................................................................................... 3

- Tip of embolus not bilobated, embolic tooth massive, paleal apophysis very small, triangular-shaped ( Fig. 12 ), tibiae and meta-

tarsi I–II covered with dense pubescence of long, light, fine setae ................................................................................... A. sterneri 3 Tip of embolus with rounded lobes, paleal apophysis large, embolic tooth large ( Figs 5–6, 8 ) comparable with width of embolus in middle part ........................................................................................................................................................... A. zonsteini sp. n. - Lobes of the tip of embolus sharply pointed, embolic tooth small, smaller than embolus width ( Fig. 11 ) ....................... A. levinae

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 12. Male palp, ventral view of Acantholycosa baltoroi (Caporiacco, 1935) (10), A. levinae Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004 (11) and A. sterneri (Marusik, 1993) (12). All after Marusik et al. (2004). Abbreviations: Et embolic tooth, Pa paleal apophysis.

FIGURES 1 – 9. Male palp and leg I of Acantholycosa zonsteini sp. n. 1 intact palp, terminal part, ventral; 2 bulb, retrolateral; 3 leg I, prolateral; 4 – 5, 9 bulb, ventral, anterior and prolateral, respectively; 6 – 8 embolic division, anterior, ventral and prolateral, respectively. Abbreviations: Et embolic tooth, Pa paleal apophysis, Ta tegular apophysis, Te terminal apophysis.