Three new genera of wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) living on the forest floor in East Asia

By

Wang, Lu
Marusik, Yuri M.
Zhang, Zhisheng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-5-21

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1239

Pages

123--145

Subjects

Aranei , China , Description , Japan , Korea , Morphology , new combination , new genus , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1239.152834

 

Abstract

Three new genera as well as one new species belonging to Lycosidae are described, Houcosagen. nov. (type species: Houcosa zhaoisp. nov., ♂♀), Kuncosagen. nov. (type species: Arctosa ningboensis Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1996) and Loongcosagen. nov. (type species: Pardosa dentitegulum Yin, Peng, Xie, Bao & Wang, 1997). Seven new combinations are proposed: Kuncosa fujiii (Tanaka, 1985), comb. nov., K. hikosanensis (Tanaka, 1985), comb. nov., K. kwangreungensis (Paik & Tanaka, 1986), comb. nov., K. ningboensis (Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1996), comb. nov. (all ex. Arctosa), K. zhui (Yu & Song, 1988), comb. nov., Loongcosa dentitegulum (Yin, Peng, Xie, Bao & Wang, 1997), comb. nov. and L. wuyiensis (Yu & Song, 1988), comb. nov. (all ex. Pardosa). The male of Kuncosa ningboensis and the female of Loongcosa dentitegulum are described for the first time. Detailed descriptions of copulatory organs and somatic features of the new and known species are provided, along with photographs and a distribution map.