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), ...

A New Whip Spider Species of the Genus Sarax Simon, 1892 (Amblypygi: Charontidae) from Thailand

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A New Whip Spider Species of the Genus Sarax Simon, 1892 (Amblypygi: Charontidae) from Thailand

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A new whip spider species of the genus Sarax Simon, 1892 is described based on three specimens collected in Koh Pha Ngan island, Southern Thailand. The new species, Sarax kosulici sp. nov., represents the second species of the genus Sarax described from Thailand, and the sixth species of Amblypygi reported from the country. The new taxon described here raises the total number of currently recognized species for the genus Sarax to 39.

Ythier, E. 2026. A New Whip Spider Species of the Genus Sarax Simon, 1892 (Amblypygi: Charontidae) from Thailand. Tropical Natural History. 26, 1 (Aug. 2026), 62–67. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/269998