Kuncosa ningboensis ( Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1996 ), 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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1239.152834
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15482678
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scientific name	Kuncosa ningboensis ( Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1996 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Kuncosa ningboensis ( Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1996) comb. nov.

Common name. 宁波鲲蛛 Figs 1 A – C View Figure 1 , 8 View Figure 8 , 9 View Figure 9 , 16 View Figure 16

Arctosa ningboensis Yin et al., 1996: 5, figs 1–3 (♀); Yin et al. 1997 b: 98, fig. 45 a – c (♀); Song et al. 1999: 319, fig. 189 H (♀); Dong 2018: 60, figs 9–3. A – C, pl. 13 (♀). View in CoL

Material examined.

China, Anhui: 1 ♀, Huangshan City, Xiuning Co., Qiyun Mt. , 29°48'50"N, 118°02'43"E, elev. 168 m, 7 April 2012, L. Y. Wang and X. K. Jiang leg. ( SWUC) GoogleMaps • 5 ♂ 2 ♀, Qiyun Mt., Dongtianfudi , 29°48'25"N, 118°02'29"E, elev. 441 m, 23 October 2013, L. Y. Wang, et al. leg. ( SWUC) GoogleMaps • Zhejiang: 1 ♀ (holotype), Ningbo City , 29.9°N, 121.5°E, 20 May - 5 June 1987, Y. J. Zhang leg. ( HNU) GoogleMaps • 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Ningbo City, Beicang Distr. , 29°49'52"N, 121°51'57"E, elev. 89 m, 29 March 2024, Q. L. Leg. ( SWUC) GoogleMaps • 90 ♂ 61 ♀, Hangzhou City, Lin’an Co., Tianmu Mt. , 30°19'10"N, 119°26'52"E, elev. 382 m, 9 April 2012, L. Y. Wang leg. ( SWUC) GoogleMaps • 1 ♀, Tianmu Mt. , 30°18'43"N, 119°26'53"E, elev. 335 m, 9 April 2012, L. Y. Wang leg. ( SWUC) GoogleMaps • 1 ♂, Tianmu Mt. , 30°18'51"N, 119°26'25"E, elev. 346 m, 21 April 2011, Z. X. Li and L. Y. Wang leg. ( SWUC) GoogleMaps • 12 ♂ 16 ♀, Tianmu Mt. , 30°19'05"N, 119°26'10"E, elev. 351 m, 23 April 2011, Z. X. Li and L. Y. Wang leg. ( SWUC) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to K. zhui in having hook-like posterior arm of the retrolateral tegular apophysis and a spherical head of the spermatheca (Figs 8 B – E View Figure 8 , 9 D View Figure 9 , 10 B – E View Figure 10 , 11 D View Figure 11 ), but differs from the latter by the thick tegular apophysis (TeA, Fig. 8 A – E View Figure 8 ) (vs thin, Fig. 10 A – E View Figure 10 ), the almost triangle-like terminal apophysis (TA, Fig. 8 F View Figure 8 ) (vs fingernail-like, Fig. 10 F View Figure 10 ), the digital-like anterior arm of retrolateral tegular apophysis in retrolateral view (RTeA, Fig. 8 B – E View Figure 8 ) (vs triangular-like, Fig. 10 B – E View Figure 10 ), the semicircular copulatory openings (CO, Fig. 9 C View Figure 9 ) (vs slit-like, Fig. 11 C View Figure 11 ), and the C-shaped stalk of the spermathecal (SS, Fig. 9 D View Figure 9 ) (vs S-shaped, Fig. 11 D View Figure 11 ).

Description.

Male (Fig. 9 A View Figure 9 ). Total length 8.62. Carapace 4.44 long, 3.31 wide; opisthosoma 3.99 long, 2.62 wide. Carapace greyish brown with distinct light median band. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.13, ALE 0.13, PME 0.35, PLE 0.30; AME – AME 0.10, AME – ALE 0.08, PME – PME 0.30, PME – PLE 0.40. Clypeus 0.24 high. Leg measurements: I 11.11 (3.09, 4.08, 2.60, 1.34); II 10.59 (2.88, 3.87, 2.47, 1.37); III 10.88 (3.05, 3.63, 2.91, 1.29); IV 15.24 (3.89, 4.99, 4.60, 1.76).

Palp (Fig. 8 View Figure 8 ). Tegular apophysis strong, finger-shaped. Terminal apophysis strong and triangle-like, under the embolus. Embolus needle-shaped, with abrupt tip. Retrolateral tegular apophysis with two arms (digital-like anterior arm and hook-like posterior arm) and with a groove on the dorsal surface (maybe functioning as conductor).

Female (Fig. 9 B View Figure 9 ). Total length 9.20. Carapace 3.96 long, 3.05 wide; opisthosoma 5.21 long, 3.51 wide. Carapace brown with light stripe behind cephalic part and wide band anteriorly, light band with pair of dark dots and longitudinal stripe. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.15, ALE 0.15, PME 0.35, PLE 0.29; AME – AME 0.12, AME – ALE 0.08, PME – PME 0.30, PME – PLE 0.37. Clypeus 0.33 high. Leg measurements: I 9.90 (2.87, 3.60, 2.28, 1.15); II 7.76 (2.24, 2.71, 1.80, 1.01); III 9.89 (2.68, 3.28, 2.42, 1.51); IV 12.88 (3.49, 4.30, 3.87, 1.22).

Epigyne (Figs 9 C, D View Figure 9 ). Septum under epigynal plate. Copulatory openings semicircular, located on shoulders of septum. Stalk of spermatheca C-shaped, head of spermatheca spherical. Fertilization ducts crescent-shaped.

Distribution.

China (Anhui, Zhejiang) (Fig. 16 View Figure 16 ).