Species of Wadicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae): transfer of two species from Pardosa and description of three new species from Africa

  • Torbjörn Kronestedt Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.132
Keywords: Taxonomy, Pardosa, Afrotropical Region, Comoro Islands, Aldabra, Madagascar, Mauritius

Abstract

Pardosa benadira Caporiacco, 1940 is redescribed, including the hitherto unknown female. The species is here transferred to the genus Wadicosa Zyuzin, 1985. Previously known only from its type locality in Somalia, additional localities for P. benadira in Somalia and Kenya are given. Male and female W. cognata sp. nov. (Kenya: Lake Magadi), male and female W. jocquei sp. nov. (Comoros Islands, Aldabra, Madagascar and Mauritius) and female W. russellsmithi sp. nov. (Mauritius) are described. Pardosa oncka Lawrence, 1927, widely distributed in Africa and redescribed by Kronestedt in 1987, is formally transferred to the genus Wadicosa and new records given.

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Published
2015-08-10
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Kronestedt, T. (2015). Species of Wadicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae): transfer of two species from Pardosa and description of three new species from Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy, (132). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.132
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No. 132 (2015): Species of Wadicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae): transfer of two species from Pardosa and description of three new species from Africa
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