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.