Draposa zhanjiangensis ( Yin, Wang, Peng & Xie, 1995 ), 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

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scientific name	Draposa zhanjiangensis ( Yin, Wang, Peng & Xie, 1995 )
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Draposa zhanjiangensis ( Yin, Wang, Peng & Xie, 1995) View in CoL

Figs 1 E, F View Figure 1 , 5 View Figure 5 , 6 View Figure 6 , 7 View Figure 7 , 8 View Figure 8 , 10 湛江龙狼蛛 View Figure 10

Pardosa zhanjiangensis Yin et al., 1995: 74, figs 18–22 ( ♂ ♀); Yin et al. 1997 b: 281, fig. 133 a – e ( ♂ ♀); Song et al. 1999: 335, figs 199 Q, 200 B ( ♂ ♀).

Pardosa shugangensis Yin, Bao & Peng, 1997 a: 24 View in CoL , figs 39–41 ( ♂); Yin et al. 1997 b: 269, fig. 127 a – c ( ♂); Song et al. 1999: 334, fig. 198 M ( ♂). Syn. nov.

Material examined.

China: • 1 ♂ 2 ♀ ( holotype ♀, paratype ♀ and allotype ♂ of P. zhanjiangensis ), Guangdong Prov., Zhanjiang City , 25.06.1985, Y. J. Zhang leg. ( HNU) • 2 ♂ ( holotype and paratype of P. shugangensis ), Guangxi Prov., Beihai City, Shuangang Dadao , 25.11.1995, C. M. Yin leg. ( HNU) • Malaysia: Sabah: 6 ♂ 6 ♀, Kota Kinabalu, bank of Kawa Kawa R. , 06°25'18"N, 116°24'19"E, elev. 50 m, 13.10.2015, L. Y. Wang et al. leg. ( SWUC) GoogleMaps • 8 ♂ 8 ♀, Pitas , 06°41'15"N, 116°57'44"E, elev. 24 m, 20.10.2015, L. Y. Wang et al. leg. ( SWUC) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to D. nicobarica (Thorell, 1891) ( Kronestedt 2010: 44, figs 26, 51–52) and D. tenasserimensis (Thorell, 1895) ( Kronestedt 2010: 51, figs 28, 54–55) in having strong posterior subpaleal process ( PP), hook-like tip of median apophysis, conspicuous deep atrium and tongue-shaped septum, but it can be distinguished by the lamellar, rounded tip in basal half of median apophysis ( MA) (vs acute tooth-like), the atrium widens both anteriorly and posteriorly (vs widens posteriorly).

Description.

Female holotype of P. zhanjiangensis (Fig. 6 A View Figure 6 ) total length 6.69. Carapace 3.34 long, 2.45 wide; opisthosoma 2.66 long, 1.75 wide. Carapace yellow-brown. Cervical groove and radial furrows indistinct. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.15, ALE 0.12, PME 0.40, PLE 0.35; AME – AME 0.10, AME – ALE 0.06, PME – PME 0.29, PME – PLE 0.35. Clypeus height 0.19. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Endites and labium yellowish brown, longer than wide. Sternum yellowish brown, covered with brown setae. Leg measurements: I 9.85 (2.60, 3.57, 2.23, 1.45); II 9.65 (2.70, 3.35, 2.15, 1.45); III 8.76 (2.37, 2.91, 2.22, 1.26); IV 12.63 (3.24, 4.05, 3.75, 1.59). Opisthosoma oval, yellow-brown, and covered with numerous black spots. Heart mark distinct. Venter yellow-brown.

Epigyne (Figs 5 C, D View Figure 5 , 6 C, D View Figure 6 , 8 B, C View Figure 8 ). Plate ~ 1.2 times wider than long. Conspicuous deep atrium (A), atrium widens both anteriorly and posteriorlys; copulatory openings ( CO) crack-shaped, as long as atrium. Spermathecal heads ( HS) spherical, spermathecal stalks ( SS) ~ 3 times longer than wide, both visible through cuticle of lateral walls of atrium. Fertilization ducts ( FD) hook-shaped.

Male allotype of P. zhanjiangensis (Fig. 6 B View Figure 6 ) total length 6.62. Carapace 3.56 long, 2.68 wide; opisthosoma 2.92 long, 1.69 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.14, ALE 0.11, PME 0.41, PLE 0.34; AME – AME 0.10, AME – ALE 0.05, PME – PME 0.28, PME – PLE 0.36. Clypeus height 0.22. Leg measurements: I 10.81 (2.74, 3.85, 2.61, 1.61); II 10.19 (2.73, 3.47, 2.47, 1.52); III 9.83 (2.58, 3.31, 2.61, 1.33); IV 14.13 (3.40, 4.48, 4.40, 1.85).

Palp (Figs 5 A, B View Figure 5 , 6 E, F View Figure 6 , 7 B – G View Figure 7 ). Tibia yellow-brown, 1.4 times longer than wide. Cymbium yellow-brown, 1.7 times longer than wide. Paleal apophysis triangular ( PA). Anterior subpaleal process ( AP) strong and rodlike, with a rounded end. Posterior subpaleal process ( PP) lamellar, with a notch. Median apophysis ( MA) moderately long, with lamellar projection in basal half, subapical protrusion triangular (SAP), tip of median apophysis hook-like. Embolus (E) narrow, evenly tapering to tip.

Distribution.

China ( Guangxi and Guangdong), Malaysia ( Sabah) (Fig. 10 View Figure 10 ). Records from Malaysia (Tioman Island, Sarawak) and Indonesia ( Kronestedt 2010) are doubtful and require confirmation.