Bogdocosa kronebergi ( Andreeva, 1976 ), 2018

Zhang, Xiang-Yun, Marusik, Yuri M., Nadolny, Anton A., Zhang, Zhi-Sheng & Wang, Lu-Yu, 2025, A review of the wolf spider genus Bogdocosa (Araneae, Lycosidae), Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (4), pp. 1445-1458 : 1445-1458

Bogdocosa kronebergi ( Andreeva, 1976)

Figs 5 , 6 , 7 , 14 B , 15 B , 16 Vernacular name: 克氏博狼蛛

Tarentula latifasciata Kroneberg, 1875: 39, pl. 4, fig. 27 e (♀ only, mismatched with holotype ♂).

Alopecosa kronebergi Andreeva, 1976: 45, figs 54–55 (♂ ♀).

Pardosa beijiangensis Hu & Wu, 1989: 210, figs 174.1–5 (♂ ♀); Zhao 1993: 85, figs 35 a – c (♂ ♀); Zhao 1995: 803, figs 371 a – c (♂ ♀); Song et al. 1999: 329, figs 193 H, N (♂ ♀); Chen and Song 2004: 406, figs 1–9 (♂ ♀).

Bogdocosa baskuntchakensis Ponomarev, Belosludtsev & Dvadnenko, 2008: 164, figs 1–6 (♂ ♀); Mirshamsi et al. 2015: 101, figs 4–12 (♂ ♀).

Bogdocosa kronebergi Esyunin & Ponomarev, 2018: 64, figs 1–12, 14–18 (♂ ♀); Nuruyeva and Snegovaya 2023: 1982, figs 5–6 (♀).

Material examined.

China, Xinjiang: 10 ♂ 11 ♀, Changji, Hutubi Co., Hutubi Park , 44 ° 11 ' 46 " N, 86 ° 52 ' 46 " E, elev. 521 m, 20. 05. 2022, Y. S. Yang leg. • 1 ♂, Shihezi City , Manasi Co., 44 ° 47 ' 19 " N, 86 ° 35 ' 12 " E, elev. 370 m, 7. 05. 2016, J. Su leg. • 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Tacheng, Tuoli Co., Tiechanggou Town , 46 ° 10 ' 44 " N, 84 ° 22 ' 3 " E, elev. 793 m, 13. 06. 2014, L. Y. Wang and X. K. Jiang leg. • Armenia, Armavir Prov.: 1 ♂ (subadult), collapsing clay cliffs and near water, 40 ° 4 ' 59 " N, 44 ° 11 ' 26 " E, 13. 05. 2021, YMM leg . • Azerbaijan: 2 ♀, CE Azerbaijan, Absheron Pen., Baku, Ganly-Gyol L., 40 ° 21 ' 27.6 " N, 49 ° 48 ' 21.6 " E, 20.05 & 6. 06. 2003, YMM leg . • Tajikistan, Khatlon Area: 2 ♀, Tigrovaya Balka Reserve , tugai forest with thick litter, 37 ° 10 ' 27.54 " N, 68 ° 23 ' 2.82 " E, elev. 316 m, 6. 07. 2015, YMM leg. (type locality) . • 4 ♀, Shaartuz Distr. , gorge: clay cliffs, under bushes, 37 ° 4 ' 32.88 " N, 68 ° 1 ' 10.62 " E, elev. 427 m, 20. 04. 2015, YMM leg . • 10 ♂ 2 ♀, Shaartuz Distr., Khushody , edge of sandy desert, Tamarix near water bodies, chiefly shrub litter, 37 ° 9 ' 7.92 " N, 68 ° 4 ' 11.7 " E, elev. 378 m, 20. 04. 2015 . • 3 ♂, Shaartuz Distr., Tjikobod Vill. N of Khushody, small grove along road, poplar and Tamarix litter, sifting, 37 ° 9 ' 7.92 " N, 68 ° 4 ' 11.7 " E, elev. 378 m, 20. 04. 2015 . • 3 ♂ 2 ♀, Nizhni Pyandzh , road along reed stand, 37 ° 14 ' 2.7 " N, 69 ° 5 ' 27 " E, elev. 351 m, 5. 05. 2015, YMM leg .

Diagnosis.

Bogdocosa kronebergi is distinguished from all other congeners by the rectangular ventral arm of median apophysis ventrally and oval median plate.

Description.

See Ponomarev et al. (2008). Habitus as shown in Figs 7 A, B , male palp as in Figs 5 A – C , 6 , 14 B , epigyne as in Figs 5 D, E , 7 C, D .

Habitats.

Most specimens in Tajikistan were collected in the litter under Tamarix bushes or poplar forest not far from water. In Russia, this species was also collected near water in arid places ( Ponomarev et al. 2008).

Distribution.

This species is distributed from Transcaucasia east to Xinjiang, north to 49 ^ N in northwesternmost Kazakhstan and south to northeastern Iran. It is reported from Armenia (first record), Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China (Fig. 16 ).

Remark.

Esyunin and Ponomarev (2018) noticed that B. baskuntchakensis is similar to Pardosa multivaga species group but not considered as the member of the same genus due to the lack of “ spine-like hairs ” on male sternum. Here the photo based on fresh specimen proves the presence of “ spine-like hairs ” (Fig. 15 B ).

Figures

Figure 5. Bogdocosa kronebergi (Andreeva, 1976). A. Left male palp, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Epigyne, ventral view; E. Same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: C = conductor; CO = copulatory opening; E = embolus; El = epigynal lobe; FD = fertilization duct; HS = head of spermathecae; Mp = median plate; pa = prolateral arm of median apophysis; ra = retrolateral arm of median apophysis; SS = stalk of spermathecae; St = subtegulum; TA = terminal apophysis; Te = tegulum; va = ventral arm of median apophysis (specimens from Hutubi County, Xinjiang, China).

Figure 6. Bogdocosa kronebergi (Andreeva, 1976). A. Left male palp, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Palp bulb, ventral view; E. Same, retrolateral view; F. Terminal part, ventral view; G. Median apophysis, ventral view (specimen from Hutubi County, Xinjiang, China).

Figure 7. Bogdocosa kronebergi (Andreeva, 1976). A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Female habitus, dorsal view; C. Epigyne, ventral view; D. Same, dorsal view (specimens from Hutubi County, Xinjiang, China).

Figure 14. Male palps of Bogdocosa spp. A. Bogdocosa flavida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885); B. Bogdocosa kronebergi (Andreeva, 1976); C. Bogdocosa multivaga (Simon, 1880); D. Bogdocosa yunshani Wang, Marusik & Zhang, sp. nov.

Figure 15. Male sternum of Bogdocosa spp. A. Bogdocosa flavida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885); B. Bogdocosa kronebergi (Andreeva, 1976); C. Bogdocosa multivaga (Simon, 1880); D. Bogdocosa yunshani Wang, Marusik & Zhang, sp. nov.

Figure 16. Distribution records of Bogdocosa species.