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), ...

Review and key of the Chinese species of the genus Episyron Schiødte (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), including descriptions of two new species

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Review and key of the Chinese species of the genus Episyron Schiødte (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), including descriptions of two new species

Abstract

Here, we conducted a review of the Chinese species of the spider wasp genus Episyron Schiødte, 1837. Two new species, Episyron fulvimaculatus Song & Li, sp. nov. and Episyron immaculatus Song & Ma, sp. nov., from Yunnan and Inner Mongolia are described and illustrated, respectively. The male of E. rufotibius Anju, Girish Kumar & Thejass, 2024 is described for the first time. Additionally, three newly recorded species, E. albonotatum (Vander Linden, 1827), E. rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758), and E. rufotibius Anju, Girish Kumar & Thejass, 2024 are reported from Inner Mongolia, Yunnan, and Guangdong in China. The diagnoses are given for three known species and one subspecies from China. An illustrated key to Chinese species is provided.

Song Z, Dong L, Ma L, Li Q (2025) Review and key of the Chinese species of the genus Episyron Schiødte (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), including descriptions of two new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72(2): 133-154. https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.72.138061