A new species and a new record of Zoicinae Lehtinen & Hippa, 1979 (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Sumatra Island, with notes on miniaturization in wolf spiders

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  A new species and a new record of Zoicinae Lehtinen & Hippa, 1979 (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Sumatra Island, with notes on miniaturization in wolf spiders Abstract A new species of wolf spider, Zoica veloxilla sp. nov., from Sumatra (Indonesia) is described based on both sexes. Lysania pygmaea Thorell, 1890 is recorded from Sumatra for the first time, and its male is illustrated and redescribed. A distribution map for Zoica and Lysania is provided. The problem of miniaturization in wolf spiders is briefly discussed. Based on an analysis of the literature, 32 minute species of wolf spiders in four subfamilies and eleven genera have been reported. The smallest wolf spider known worldwide seems to be Zoica minuta (McKay, 1979) from Australia. Omelko, M.M. & Fomichev, A.A. (2026) A new species and a new record of Zoicinae Lehtinen & Hippa, 1979 (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Sumatra Island, with notes on miniaturization in wolf spiders. Zootaxa, 5869 (2), 339–350. https://doi.o...

New synonymy in Thalerommata Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae)

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New synonymy in Thalerommata Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae)

Abstract

A morphological study of the type material of two Colombian theraphosid species in the genus Thalerommata Ausserer, 1875, deposited in the European spider collections of the Natural History Museum, London, and Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, enables us to establish a new synonym: T. macella (Simon, 1903) is designated as a junior synonym of T. gracilis Ausserer, 1875.

Gonzalez-Filho Hector Manuel Osorio, da Silva Costa Pedro Henrique Dias, Guadanucci José Paulo Leite "New synonymy in Thalerommata Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae)," The Journal of Arachnology, 52(3), 229-233, (22 January 2025) https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-23-013