Erranticosa gen. nov.: a New Genus of Wolf Spiders from East Asia with Notes on its Separation from Lycosa and Hogna (Araneae Lycosidae: Lycosinae)

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  Erranticosa gen. nov.: a New Genus of Wolf Spiders from East Asia with Notes on its Separation from Lycosa and Hogna (Araneae Lycosidae: Lycosinae) Abstract The taxonomy and systematic position of the Eastern Asian wolf spider Lycosa coelestis L. Koch, 1878 are revised using an integrative approach. Our study highlights distinctive morphological and molecular differences that separate this species from the generotypes of Lycosa Sundevall,1833 and Hogna Simon, 1885, to which L. coelestis was previously assigned. Based on these findings, we establish a new monotypic genus, Erranticosa gen. nov., to accommodate this species, namely E. coelestis comb. nov. We also discuss the results of a preliminary molecular phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily Lycosinae, including Erranticosa gen. nov. Additionally, based on morphological examination of the type material, we reject the synonymy of Lycosa subcoelestis Fox, 1935 with E. coelestis comb. nov., transferring it to Trochosa C.L. Koch, ...

Studies on spider nomenclature II: a synonymy and misidentification in Asian Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae)

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Studies on spider nomenclature II: a synonymy and misidentification in Asian Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae)

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In this work, the synonymy suggested by Yao, Tavano & Li (2013) is confirmed and proposed formally. Furthermore, the material tentatively identified by Huber (2011) as P. gracillimus is determined to be a new species, matching no species known at the time of Huber (2011), nor any of the Pholcus species described after 2011. It is thus formally described herein and nomenclatural implications for the naming of informal species groups in Pholcus is given. 

Sherwood, Danniella. (2025). Studies on spider nomenclature II: a synonymy and misidentification in Asian Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae). Arachnology. 20. 34-36. 

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