Kuncosa fujiii ( Tanaka, 1985 ), 2025

Wang, Lu-Yu, Marusik, Yuri M. & Zhang, Zhi-Sheng, 2025, Three new genera of wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) living on the forest floor in East Asia, ZooKeys 1239, pp. 123-145 : 123-145

Kuncosa fujiii ( Tanaka, 1985) comb. nov.

Figs 4 , 6 A, B , 16

Arctosa fujiii Tanaka, 1985: 57, figs 9–12 (♂ ♀); Chikuni 1989: 112, fig. 15 (♂ ♀); Tanaka 1991: 296, figs 9–12 (♂ ♀); Tanaka 2009: 232, figs 56, 57 (♂ ♀).

Material examined.

1 ♂ (paratype) and ♀ (holotype), Japan, Honshu, Saitama Pref., Hidaka-cho , 21 April 1973, H. Tanaka leg. ( NSMT) .

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to K. hikosanensis (Fig. 5 ) but differs from the latter by the thin and short retrolateral tegular apophysis (RTeA, Fig. 4 A, B ) (vs thick and long), and the semicircular septum (Se, Fig. 4 C ) (vs almost triangular).

Description.

See Tanaka (1985, 2009). Habitus, male palps and epigynes as in Figs 4 , 5 A, B .

Arguments for transferring.

Similar to the type species: tegulum with long median apophysis (TeA) lacking in other lycosid genera.

Distribution.

Japan (Fig. 16 ).

Figures

Figure 4. Kuncosa fujiii (Tanaka, 1985), comb. nov. A, B holotype male C, D paratype female A male left palp, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C epigyne, ventral view D vulva, dorsal view.

Figure 5. Kuncosa hikosanensis (Tanaka, 1985), comb. nov. A, B holotype male C, D paratype femele A male left palp, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C epigyne, ventral view D vulva, dorsal view.

Figure 6. Kuncosa spp. A, B Kuncosa fujiii (Tanaka, 1985) C, D Kuncosa hikosanensis (Tanaka, 1985) A, C holotype male habitus, dorsal view B, D paratype female habitus, dorsal view.

Figure 16. Geographic distribution of Houcosa, Kuncosa and Loongcosa.