Draposa aciculifera (Chen, Song & Li, 2001), 2025

Zhang, Zhi-Sheng, Liu, Piao, Li, Shuqiang & Wang, Lu-Yu, 2025, Review of the wolf-spider genus Draposa Kronestedt, 2010 from China (Araneae, Lycosidae), ZooKeys 1248, pp. 267-279 : 267-279

Draposa aciculifera (Chen, Song & Li, 2001) comb. nov.

Figs 1 A – D , 2 , 3 , 4 , 10 针龙狼蛛

Pardosa aciculifera Chen, Song & Li, 2001: 476 , figs 1–7 (♂ ♀); Wang et al. 2021: 48, fig. 42 A – H (♂ ♀).

Material examined.

China: • 1 ♂ 2 ♀, Hainan Prov., Jianfengling , 18.7 ° N, 108.8 ° E, 12. 07. 1990 (holotype and 2 paratypes, IZCAS - Ar- 9487, IZCAS - Ar- 9488, and IZCAS - Ar- 9489) • 1 ♀, Hainan Prov., Qianghai Co., 20. 5. 1990 (paratype, IZCAS - Ar- 9490) • 2 ♂ 1 ♀, Yunnan Prov., Kaiyuan City , 23 ° 40 ' 54 " N, 103 ° 20 ' 27 " E, elev. 1389 m, 14. 06. 2017, L. Y. Wang et al. leg. ( SWUC, SWUC - LYDA- 01–03) • 5 ♂ 14 ♀, Guangxi Prov., Beihai City, Hepu Co., Shankou Mangrove Nature Reserve , Dunzai Vill. , 21 ° 31 ' 2 " N, 109 ° 45 ' 36 " E, 13. 05. 2024, Q. L. Lu leg. ( SWUC, SWUC - LYDA- 04–22) • Thailand: 6 ♂ 6 ♀, Chiang Mai, Amphoe Hot , 18 ° 09 ' 14 " N, 98 ° 25 ' 51 " E, elev. 782 m, 5. 07. 2014, Z. S. Zhang et al. leg. ( SWUC, SWUC - LYDA- 23–34) .

Comments.

Kronestedt (2010) has already suggested that this species might belong to Draposa .

Diagnosis.

Draposa aciculifera can be distinguished from all congeners by the acicular subapical protrusion ( SAP) of the median apophysis (MA) in the male palp (vs triangular) and the absence of epigynal septum (vs present).

Description.

Male (Fig. 3 A ) total length 4.14. Carapace 2.41 long, 1.85 wide; opisthosoma 1.89 long, 1.29 wide. Carapace dark brown, with lateral margin with yellow bands, and covered with white setae; small, light, longitudinal stripe around fovea. Cervical groove and radial furrows indistinct. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.11, ALE 0.07, PME 0.32, PLE 0.28; AME – AME 0.10, AME – ALE 0.04, PME – PME 0.37, PME – PLE 0.45. Clypeus height 0.25. Chelicerae brown. Endites and labium brown. Sternum black. Leg measurements: I 8.86 (1.90, 2.41, 1.76, 1.07); II 6.78 (1.74, 2.27, 1.77, 1.00); III 6.81 (1.76, 2.15, 1.94, 0.96); IV 10.02 (2.51, 2.96, 3.14, 1.41). Opisthosoma oval, yellow-brown and covered with numerous black spots dorsally. Heart mark distinct. Venter yellow-brown.

Palp (Figs 2 A, B , 3 B – G ). Tibia yellow-brown, 1.7 times longer than wide. Cymbium yellow-brown, with strong protruding (CP) of retrolateral margin. Median apophysis (MA) moderately long, 2.4 times longer than wide, with lamellar projection in basal half, its subapical protrusion ( SAP) acicular, tip of median apophysis semicircle. Paleal apophysis (PA) corniform; anterior subpaleal process narrow ( AP), lamellar, with rounded tip, as long as posterior subpaleal process; posterior subpaleal process ( PP) wider than long, half sclerotized and half membranous, with serrated edges. Embolus (E) narrow, originating at approximately 9 - o’clock position, without membrane, evenly tapering to tip.

Female (Fig. 4 A ) total length 5.27. Carapace 2.41 long, 1.83 wide; opisthosoma 2.62 long, 1.89 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.05, PME 0.32, PLE 0.27; AME – AME 0.11, AME – ALE 0.04, PME – PME 0.37, PME – PLE 0.45. Clypeus height 0.22. Leg measurements: I 6.51 (1.85, 2.23, 1.53, 0.90); II 5.38 (1.48, 1.77, 1.21, 0.92); III 6.21 (1.62, 2.00, 1.68, 0.91); IV 9.69 (2.26, 2.87, 3.15, 1.41).

Epigyne (Figs 2 C, D , 4 B, C ). Plate ~ 1.6 times wider than long. Atrium (A) narrow; septum absent; copulatory openings (CO) crack-shaped, located on both side of the atrium. Spermathecal heads ( HS) spherical, visible through cuticle of lateral walls of atrium. Spermathecal stalks (SS) arc-shaped. Fertilization ducts ( FD) crescent.

Note.

As described above, copulatory organs of this species are completely consistent with this genus except tongue-shaped septum (absent). Therefore, we transfer Pardosa aciculifera to Draposa .

Distribution.

China (Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan), Thailand (Chiang Mai) (Fig. 10 ).

Figures

Figure 1. Living Draposa spp. A – D. D. aciculifera (Chen, Song & Li, 2001) (A. Male, B – D. Female); E, F. D. zhanjiangensis (Yin, Wang, Peng & Xie, 1995) (female). Photographed by Qian-Le Lu.

Figure 2. Draposa aciculifera (Chen, Song & Li, 2001) male (A, B) and female (C, D). A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Epigyne, ventral view; D. Same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: A = atrium; AP = anterior subpaleal process; C = conductor; CO = copulatory opening; CP = cymbium protruding; E = embolus; FD = fertilization duct; HS = head of spermathecae; MA = median apophysis; PA = paleal apophysis; PP = posterior subpaleal process; SAP = subapical protrusion on median apophysis; SS = stalk of spermathecae.

Figure 3. Draposa aciculifera (Chen, Song & Li, 2001) male from Kaiyuan City, Yunnan. A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Left bulb, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Left male palp, ventral view; E. Same, retrolateral view; F. Median apophysis, ventral view; G. Terminal part in obliquely retrolateral.

Figure 4. Draposa aciculifera (Chen, Song & Li, 2001) female from Kaiyuan City, Yunnan, China. A. Female habitus, dorsal view; B. Epigyne, ventral view; C. Same, dorsal view.

Figure 10. Distribution records of Draposa aciculifera (Chen, Song & Li, 2001) and Draposa zhanjiangensis (Yin, Wang, Peng & Xie, 1995) and Chinese records of Pardosa burasantiensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1976.