taxonID	type	description	language	source
03808789FFCCFF97FF21FD5F4732D937.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Arctosa cinerea (Fabricius, 1777), by subsequent designation (Simon 1937).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFCCFF97FF21FD5F4732D937.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. For genus description and diagnosis, see Dondale & Redner (1983) and Yoo et al. (2007).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFCCFF94FF21FC454774DDB8.taxon	description	Figs 1 – 4	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFCCFF94FF21FC454774DDB8.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. A. himalayensis. Female holotype from INDIA: Uttarakhand: Dehradun (formerly in Uttar Pradesh): Bank of Asan River; R. N. Chopra leg.; 26 October 1971; repository NZC-ZSI (4654 / 18), examined. Female paratype and male allotype with same data as holotype, examined. A. tappaensis. Female holotype from INDIA: Chhattisgarh: Rajnandgaon (formerly in Madhya Pradesh): Dongargaon: Tappa (21 ° 04 ’ 37.09 ’’ N, 80 ° 49 ’ 33.16 ’’ E), 343 m alt.; U. A. Gajbe leg.; 22 December 1983; repository NZC-ZSI (no register number specified), examined. Female paratype and male allotype with same data as holotype, examined. Other material examined: 3 females from INDIA: Madhya Pradesh: Jabalpur: Rani Durgawati Samadhi (23 ° 01 ’ 07.66 ’’ N, 79 ° 59 ’ 36.16 ’’ E), 419 m alt.; V. V. Rao leg.; 29 April 1970; repository NZC-ZSI (no register number).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFCCFF94FF21FC454774DDB8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Arctosa himalayensis seem closely related to Arctosa springiosa Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1993 as both share a median apophysis with wide apex and a median septum with broad posterior part. It can be separated from the latter by nearly straight median apophysis, which is downwardly directed in A. springiosa, and spermathecae with short, wide stalks, whereas A. springiosa has globular spermathecae with slender stalks (compare Figs 2 B – F, 4 B – G to Yin et al. 2012: fig. 403 b – e). Supplementary description. Male (allotype, Fig. 1 C). Fovea vertical, dark. Cheliceral promargin with two teeth, retromargin with three. Body length 6.31. Prosoma length 3.62, width 2.53. Opisthosoma length 2.69, width 1.83. Eye diameters: ALE 0.11. AME 0.13. PLE 0.27. PME 0.29. Eye interdistances: ALE – AME 0.04. AME – AME 0.10. PLE – PLE 0.54. PME – PLE 0.23. PME – PME 0.21. Chelicerae length 1.70. Clypeus height at ALEs 0.12, at AMEs 0.10. Measurements of pedipalp and legs. Pedipalp (right) 3.93 [1.36, 0.79, 0.56, 1.22], I (right) 7.58 [2.30, 0.93, 1.71, 1.78, 0.86], II 7.48 [2.12, 1.21, 1.25, 1.92, 0.98], III (right) 7.28 [1.94, 1.12, 1.46, 1.72, 1.04], IV (right) 10.93 [2.99, 1.46, 2.02, 3.05, 1.41]. Leg formula: 4123. Pedipalp as in Figs 2 A – C. Female (holotype, Fig. 1 A). Same as male except the following: body length 7.86. Prosoma length 4.51, width 3.31. Opisthosoma length 3.35, width 2.84. Eye diameters: ALE 0.16. AME 0.17. PLE 0.23. PME 0.25. Eye interdistances: ALE – AME 0.07. AME – AME 0.10. PLE – PLE 0.68. PME – PLE 0.27. PME – PME 0.21. Chelicerae length 2.26. Clypeus height at ALEs 0.24, at AMEs 0.22. Measurements of palp and legs. Palp 3.57 [1.18, 0.69, 0.67, 1.03], I 8.99 [2.61, 1.49, 1.83, 1.97, 1.09], II 7.91 [2.30, 1.39, 1.41, 1.81, 1.00], III 7.51 [2.00, 1.37, 1.22, 1.95, 0.97], IV 9.60 [3.02, 1.61, 2.12, 1.83, 1.02]. Leg formula: 4123. Epigynum as in Fig. 2 D. Measurements of paratype female (Fig. 1 B). Body length 8.87. Prosoma length 4.25, width 3.10. Opisthosoma length 4.62, width 3.01. Genitalia as in Fig. 2 E – F. Justification of the synonymy. Gajbe (2004) described A. tappaensis based on a male and two females collected in Chhattisgarh. Since the type material of this species show no significant differences with those of A. himalayensis, we consider A. tappaensis as a junior synonym of A. himalayensis (compare Fig. 2 A – F with Fig. 4 A – G).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFCCFF94FF21FC454774DDB8.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The NZC-ZSI collection has three glass tubes for A. himalayensis. A tube labelled ‘ holotype’ (4654 / 18) contains one female in good condition, with intact genitalia. A second tube, labelled ‘ paratype’ (4655 / 18), contains one female in good condition (but the label mentions two paratype specimens). The same tube has a small glass vial with the dissected genitalia. A third tube, labelled ‘ allotype’ (4656 / 18), contains one male specimen in fairly good condition, with broken legs and missing the left pedipalp. The NZC-ZSI collection has two glass tubes for A. tappaensis. A first tube, labelled ‘ paratype and allotype’ (no register number), contains one female holotype, one male allotype and one juvenile (possibly the paratype) specimens, all in good condition. The same tube has a small glass vial that contains the dissected genitalia of the female holotype. A second tube is labelled ‘ Arctosa tappaensis ’ (no register number) and contains three female specimens in good condition, with intact genitalia.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFCBFF9EFF21FF1F408BDBC5.taxon	description	Figs 5 – 6	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFCBFF9EFF21FF1F408BDBC5.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Female holotype from INDIA: Maharashtra: Pune (= Poona): Shivajinagar (= Shivaji Nagar) (18 ° 31 ’ 53.19 ’’ N, 73 ° 50 ’ 40.42 ’’ E), 565 m alt.; M. S. Malhotra leg.; 24 February 1975; repository NZC-ZSI (4671 / 18), examined. Male allotype with same data as holotype, except 4672 / 18, examined.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFCBFF9EFF21FF1F408BDBC5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Arctosa indica seem closely related to Arctosa kiangsiensis (Schenkel, 1963) as both share a median apophysis with narrow distal part and oval spermathecae with slender, twisted stalks. It can be distinguished from the latter by median apophysis with a small, retrolateral protrusion, which is absent in A. kiangsiensis, and a median septum with short anterior and broad posterior parts, while A. kiangsiensis has long anterior and narrow posterior parts (compare Fig. 6 B – E to Yin et al. 2012: fig. 398 b – e). Supplementary description. Male (allotype, Fig. 5 B). Fovea vertical, dark. Cheliceral promargin with two teeth, retromargin with three. Body length 7.34. Prosoma length 4.15, width 2.99. Opisthosoma length 3.19, width 2.13. Eye diameters: ALE 0.11. AME 0.14. PLE 0.19. PME 0.23. Eye interdistances: ALE – AME 0.04. AME – AME 0.06. PLE – PLE 0.51. PME – PLE 0.24. PME – PME 0.16. Chelicerae length 2.05. Clypeus height at ALEs 0.11, at AMEs 0.06. Measurements of pedipalp and legs. Pedipalp (right) 3.94 [1.66, 0.74, 0.63, 0.91], I (right) 9.65 [2.86, 1.51, 1.99, 2.13, 1.16], II -----, III 7.85 [2.24, 1.14, 1.19, 2.17, 1.11], IV 11.54 [3.21, 1.46, 2.28, 3.17, 1.42]. Pedipalp as in Fig. 6 A – C. Female (holotype, Fig. 5 A). Same as male except the following: body length 8.13. Prosoma length 4.28, width 3.20. Opisthosoma length 3.85, width 2.77. Eye diameters: ALE 0.11. AME 0.12. PLE 0.20. PME 0.24. Eye interdistances: ALE – AME 0.06. AME – AME 0.12. PLE – PLE 0.67. PME – PLE 0.34. PME – PME 0.25. Chelicerae length 2.06. Clypeus height at ALEs 0.11, at AMEs 0.08. Measurements of palp and legs. Palp (right) 4.24 [1.47, 0.87, 0.83, 1.07], I (right) 10.59 [3.17, 1.81, 2.15, 2.10, 1.36], II- ---, III- ---, IV- ---. Genitalia as in Fig. 6 D – E.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFCBFF9EFF21FF1F408BDBC5.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The NZC-ZSI collection has two glass tubes for this species. A first tube, labelled ‘ holotype’ (4671 / 18), contains one female specimen in fairly good condition, with broken legs. The same tube has a small glass vial that contains the dissected genitalia. A second tube, labelled ‘ allotype’ (4672 / 18), contains one male specimen in fairly good condition, with broken legs. The same tube has a small glass vial that contains the dissected left pedipalp. In contrast to Tikader & Malhotra (1980), who mentioned the collection locality of both male and female as ‘ Shivajinagar’, the allotype label, which lacks collector name and date of collection, mentions the collection locality as ‘ Gamatia in Birbhum district of West Bengal’.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC5FF9EFF21FE534131DC51.taxon	description	Figs 7 – 8	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC5FF9EFF21FE534131DC51.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Female holotype with cocoon from INDIA: Jharkhand: Dhanbad: on the bank of Khudi River, 11 / 2 miles of Nirsa market (formerly in Manbhum in Bihar); T. B. Sinha leg.; 10 November 1948; repository NZC-ZSI (2273 / 18), examined. Female paratype with same data as holotype (NCZ-ZSI 2274 / 18), examined.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC5FF9EFF21FE534131DC51.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Females of A. khudiensis seem closely related to the females of Arctosa laminata Yu & Song, 1988 as both share oval spermathecae with short, stout stalks. It can be distinguished from the latter by a median septum with nearly triangular posterior part, while it is widely oval in A. laminata (compare Fig. 8 A – C to Yin et al. 2012: fig. 400 b – c). Supplementary description. Female (holotype, Fig. 7 A). Fovea vertical, dark. Sternum with dark marginal streaks. Cheliceral promargin with two teeth, retromargin with three. Body length 5.73. Prosoma length 3.09, width 2.29. Opisthosoma length 2.64, width 1.40. Eye diameters: ALE 0.08. AME 0.12. PLE 0.18. PME 0.21. Eye interdistances: ALE – AME 0.03. AME – AME 0.06. PLE – PLE 0.48. PME – PLE 0.23. PME – PME 0.17. Chelicerae length 1.10. Clypeus height at ALEs 0.07, at AMEs 0.05. Measurements of palp and legs. Palp 2.96 [1.07, 0.63, 0.53, 0.73], I 7.39 [2.18, 1.08, 1.72, 1.53, 0.88], II (right) 6.38 [1.80, 0.93, 1.19, 1.51, 0.95], III (right) 6.28 [1.92, 0.98, 1.08, 1.61, 0.69], IV ----- [2.72, 1.24, 2.45, 1.18, ----]. Epigynum as in Fig. 8 A. Measurements of paratype female (Fig. 7 B). Body length 8.87. Prosoma length 2.84, width 2.22. Opisthosoma length 2.23, width 1.57. Genitalia as in Fig. 8 B – C. Male. Unknown.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC5FF9EFF21FE534131DC51.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The NZC-ZSI collection has four glass tubes for this species. A first tube, labelled ‘ holotype’ (2273 / 18), contains only an egg sac. A second tube, labelled ‘ paratypes’ (2274 / 18), contains one female specimen in fairly good condition, with broken legs. A third tube, also labelled as ‘ paratype’ (no register number), contains one female specimen in fairly good condition. The same tube has a small glass vial that contains the dissected genitalia. A fourth tube, also labelled as ‘ holotype’ (no register number), contains one female specimen in fairly good condition, with broken legs and intact genitalia. We presume this specimen is the holotype of A. khudiensis, which may have been misplaced from first tube into the fourth one.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC5FF9CFF21F9E74165DD20.taxon	description	Figs 9 – 10	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC5FF9CFF21F9E74165DD20.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Female lectotype (here designated) and male and female paralectotypes from INDIA: Tamil Nadu: Nilgiris: Masinagudi (= Masnigudi) (11 ° 34 ’ 19.84 ’’ N, 76 ° 38 ’ 33.77 ’’ E), 942 m alt.; Reimoser leg.; 15 October 1934; repository NHM (no register number specified), examined (only females) from photographs.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC5FF9CFF21F9E74165DD20.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Males of A. lesserti seem closely related to the males of Arctosa zhaojingzhaoi Li, 2016 as both share a downwardly directed median apophysis, but can be distinguished from the latter by uniformly thick median apophysis, which is narrow distally in A. zhaojingzhaoi (compare Pan et al. 2016: fig. 2 A – B to Lu et al. 2016: fig. 1 C – F). Females of A. lesserti closely resemble the females of A. indica as both share oval spermathecae with slender stalks, but can be distinguished from the latter by distally narrowing anterior part of median septum, which is uniform in thickness in A. indica, and pear-shaped epigynal atria, which are circular in A. indica (compare Fig. 10 A – B to Fig. 6 D – E and Lu et al. 2016: fig. 1 G).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC5FF9CFF21F9E74165DD20.taxon	description	Description. See Reimoser (1934).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC5FF9CFF21F9E74165DD20.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The NHM collection has three female specimens in good condition under the name A. lesserti, without any male specimen (Hörweg, pers. comm.). Of the three female specimens, two belong to A. lesserti (Figs 9 A – B, 10 A – B) while the third is of Wadicosa ghatica Kronestedt, 2017 (Figs 9 C, 10 C) (compare Fig. 10 C with Kronestedt 2017: fig. 15). The male specimen might be lost, so we could not redescribe it here. The illustrations and colour images of the epigynum of A. mulani presented in Tikader & Malhotra (1980: fig. 248) and Lu et al. (2016: fig. 1 G) respectively do not match the original illustrations of Dyal (1935: fig. 46), but clearly indicate that these authors misidentified specimens that actually belong to A. lesserti (compare Fig. 10 A – B to Tikader & Malhotra 1980: fig. 248; Lu et al. 2016: fig. 1 G).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC6FF9AFF21F9374611DA99.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Female holotype from INDIA: West Bengal: North 24 Parganas: Sandeshkhali li (= Sandeshkhali): Durgamandap (22 ° 18 ’ 42.88 ’’ N, 88 ° 51 ’ 35.64 ’’ E), 3 m alt.; S. C. Majumder leg.; 16 & 17 January 1994; repository NZC-ZSI (5472 / 18), not found. Allotype male with same data as holotype (NZC-ZSI 5473 / 18), not found.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC6FF9AFF21F9374611DA99.taxon	discussion	Remarks. We were unable to trace out the types of A. sandeshkhaliensis in the arachnid collection of NZC-ZSI. It may be lost or misplaced elsewhere in the collection. The original genitalic illustrations of this species (Majumder 2004: figs 4 – 6) are highly schematic and do not facilitate identification. The status and taxonomic placement of this species remain unchallenged until examination of its type or topotype specimens.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC1FF9AFF21FAFF41C7DD33.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Types (male and female) from PAKISTAN: Mojpur; collector unknown; 1928 - 29; repository unknown, probably Zoological Laboratory, Government College, Lahore, not examined. Neotype material (designated by Tikader & Malhotra (1980 )): 2 males and 6 females from INDIA: Maharashtra: Satara: Near Pratapgad rest house; B. K. Tikader leg.; 26 March 1976; repository unknown, probably NZC-ZSI, Kolkata, not found. It may either be lost or misplaced elsewhere in the collection or may not have been deposited in ZSI.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC1FF9AFF21FAFF41C7DD33.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Dyal (1935) described A. mulani based on male and female specimens collected in Pakistan. Even though it was originally described under Pardosa C. L. Koch, 1847, the illustration of the female epigynum (Dyal 1935: fig. 46) clearly indicates it is a member of Arctosa. However, as mentioned above, Tikader & Malhotra (1980) and Lu et al. (2016) probably misidentified this species. Thus, the neotype designation by Tikader & Malhotra (1980) is doubtful and we herein consider A. mulani as a species inquirenda.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC0FF9BFF21FE944145DE56.taxon	description	Fig. 11	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC0FF9BFF21FE944145DE56.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Female holotype from INDIA: West Bengal: Jalpaiguri: Buxa Tiger Reserve: Rajabhatkhawa (26 ° 36 ’ 57.59 ’’ N, 89 ° 31 ’ 56.62 ’’ E), 81 m alt.; D. C. Dhali leg.; 9 April 2009; repository EZC (0025 - 12), examined from photographs.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC0FF9BFF21FE944145DE56.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Females of O. quinquedens closely resemble the females of Ovia procurva (Yu & Song, 1988) in the general appearance of the epigynum, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by large epigynal atria, which are small in O. procurva (compare Fig. 11 A – B to Sankaran et al. 2017: fig. 5 J).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
03808789FFC0FF9BFF21FE944145DE56.taxon	description	Description. For female, see Dhali et al. (2012). Male. Unknown. Justification of the transfer. Dhali et al. (2012) described this species based on a single female specimen collected in West Bengal. The original genitalia illustrations (Dhali et al. 2012: figs 5 – 6) of this species are highly schematic and do not facilitate identification. The paired anterior hoods of the epigynum (Fig. 11 B) clearly indicate that this species is misplaced in Arctosa, as species of this genus lack anterior epigynal hoods and have well-developed epigynal median septum (Dondale & Redner 1983; Yoo et al. 2007). Instead, the general female habitus and colour pattern, the female epigynum with paired wide, longitudinal atria separated by a narrow median septum and the paired conspicuous anterior epigynal hoods (Dhali et al. 2012: fig. 18; Fig. 11 A-B) indicate that it may be a member of Ovia Sankaran, Malamel & Sebastian, 2017. However, it will be confirmed only after examining the vulva of this species, which could not be examined for this study.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2021): Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 489-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3
