Wadicosa bleyi ( Dahl, 1908 ), 2024

Wadicosa bleyi ( Dahl, 1908) new combination

Lycosa bleyi Dahl, 1908: 233 , fig. 12–13, male and female. Pardosa bleyi Roewer, 1955: 185 View in CoL .

Notes. Pardosa bleyi View in CoL , originally described by Dahl (1908) in Lycosa View in CoL and known from the Bismarck Archipelago (east of Papua New Guinea), has never been revised. It was transferred to Pardosa View in CoL by Roewer (1955). The original description includes only two black-and-white figures: one depicting the epigyne in ventral view, and the other depicting part of the bulb in retrolateral view. Although both figures are schematic, it is evident by the shape of copulatory organs that this species belongs to Wadicosa View in CoL . Based on these considerations, the transfer of P. bleyi View in CoL to Wadicosa View in CoL is proposed here.