Draposa Kronestedt, 2010

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

Genus Draposa Kronestedt, 2010

Draposa Kronestedt, 2010: 33.

Type species.

Lycosa nicobarica Thorell, 1891 .

Diagnosis.

Males of Draposa differ from other Pardosinae by the presence of a subpaleal sclerite with two processes (AP and PP, Figs 2 B , 3 C, E , 5 B , 6 F , 7 C, E ) partly hidden by the palea, as well as by the median apophysis (= tegular apophysis in Kronestedt 2010) being transverse with wide basal part carrying variously shaped projections and narrow distal part carrying small subapical protrusion before evenly curved tip; females differ by the epigynal cavity being only partly divided by a tongue-shaped septum.

Description.

See Kronestedt (2010).

Composition and distribution.

Twelve species are known from the Arabian Peninsula to Indomalayan Region.

Figures

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 5. Draposa zhanjiangensis (Yin, Wang, Peng & Xie, 1995) male allotype (A, B) and female holotype (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; 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; Se = Septum; SS = stalk of spermathecae.

Figure 6. Draposa zhanjiangensis (Yin, Wang, Peng & Xie, 1995) female holotype (A, C, D) and male allotype (B, E, F). A. Female habitus, dorsal view; B. Male habitus, dorsal view; C. Epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. E. Left male palp, ventral view; F. Same, retrolateral view.

Figure 7. Draposa zhanjiangensis (Yin, Wang, Peng & Xie, 1995) male from Pitas, Sabah, Malaysia. 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.