Pamirosa gen. nov., unexpected record of Artoriinae (Araneae, Lycosidae) from the rooftop of Pamir, Central Asia

By

Fomichev, Alexander Anatol'evich
Omelko, Mikhail M.
Marusik, Yuri M.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-7-12

Original Publication

Zoosystematics and evolution

Volume

100

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

1005--1015

Subjects

Aranei , Biodiversity , new genus , new species , Palaearctic , Pardosinae , spiny-legs Lycosidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.123331

 

Abstract

A new monotypic genus, Pamirosagen. nov. with the type species P. kudratbekovisp. nov. (♂♀), is described from Pamir Mountains in eastern Tajikistan. The new genus represents the first record of the mainly Austrolasian subfamily Artoriinae Framenau, 2007 in Central Asia. It differs from all known genera of Artoriinae, as well as from all other lycosids, by having a unique spiraled embolus and epigyne with screw-shaped membranous copulatory ducts unknown in other wolf spiders. The new species was collected among stone screes at an elevation of 4700 meters. Unlike all other Palaearctic lycosids inhabiting stony screes and possessing four or more pairs of ventral tibial spines on leg I, Pamirosagen. nov. has only three pairs. Description, figures, diagnosis of the new species, and a photograph of its habitat are provided. Additionally, the distribution of scree-dwelling Lycosidae in Asia is discussed.