An Overlooked Species of Enigmatic Wolf Spider (Araneae: Lycosidae) Clarifies the Mysterious Distribution of its Sibling

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  An Overlooked Species of Enigmatic Wolf Spider (Araneae: Lycosidae) Clarifies the Mysterious Distribution of its Sibling Abstract Several wolf spiders exhibit a peculiar geographical distribution. One good example of this is Pardosa aenigmatica Tongiorgi, 1966, recently recognized in Italy and the Middle East but missing in the Balkans. A comparison of populations from the disjunctive areas revealed that they would be better described as two distinct species. As a result, here we describe Pardosa sepidehae sp. nov. The paper includes detailed descriptions and comparative illustrations of male and female copulatory organs for the newly discovered species and P. aenigmatica. Pardosa sepidehae sp. nov. is distributed in the Middle East, whereas P. aenigmatica remains endemic to the Apennine Peninsula. Adile Akpinar, Petr Dolejš "An Overlooked Species of Enigmatic Wolf Spider (Araneae: Lycosidae) Clarifies the Mysterious Distribution of its Sibling," Annales Zoologici, 76(29), ...

“Out of the blue”, a new species of the monotypic genus Kinku Simon, 1889 (Araneae, Telemidae) from Ecuador

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“Out of the blue”, a new species of the monotypic genus Kinku Simon, 1889 (Araneae, Telemidae) from Ecuador

Abstract

The second species of the enigmatitc genus Kinku Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 is described from Ecuador. The new species Kinku maicu sp. nov. (♂♀) possesses the same typical blue coloured abdomen, as well as the presence in males of an abdominal stridulatory organ as found in the type species. SEMs photos of the male stridulatory organ, female spinnerets and, internal genitalia are presented for the first time.

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2025) “Out of the blue”, a new species of the monotypic genus Kinku Simon, 1889 (Araneae, Telemidae) from Ecuador. Zootaxa, 5636 (3), 566–576. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.3.10