Zoica medogensis Lu, Zhang & Wang, 2025

Lu, Jin-Zhen, Marusik, Yuri M., Zhang, Zhi-Sheng & Wang, Lu-Yu, 2025, Four species of Zoica Simon, 1898 from Asia (Araneae, Lycosidae), ZooKeys 1249, pp. 371-385 : 371-385

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1249.152933
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16942582
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scientific name	Zoica medogensis Lu, Zhang & Wang
status	sp. nov.

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Zoica medogensis Lu, Zhang & Wang sp. nov.

Figs 1 A, B View Figure 1 , 4 View Figure 4 , 5 View Figure 5 , 10 墨脱佐卡蛛 View Figure 10

Type material.

Holotype • ♂ ( SWUC -T-LY-29-01 ), China, Xizang, Medog Co., Yarang Vill. , 29°17'48"N, 95°16'48"E, elev. 761 m, 22 May 2019, Lu-Yu Wang, Piao Liu, Tao Yuan and Hui Wang leg. GoogleMaps Paratypes • 4 ♂ 14 ♀ ( SWUC -T-LY-29-02 to 19) with same data as for holotype GoogleMaps • 4 ♂ 5 ♀ ( SWUC -T-LY-29-20 to 28), Yarang Vill. , 30 May 2022, Lu-Yu Wang, Tian-Yu Ren and Bing Tan leg. • 3 ♀ ( SWUC -T-LY-29-29 to 31), Yarang Vill. , 28 June 2018, Lu-Yu Wang, Zhi-Sun Wu and Yan-Nan Mu leg. • 1 ♀ ( SWUC -T-LY-29-32 ), Medog Co., Beibeng Town . 29°14'23"N, 95°10'40"E, elev. 1116 m, 22 May 2019, Lu-Yu Wang, Piao Liu, Tao Yuan and Hui Wang leg. GoogleMaps • 1 ♀ ( SWUC -T-LY-29-33 ), Medog Co., nr Dexing Bridge . 29°19'16"N, 95°17'39"E, elev. 724 m, 23 May 2019, Lu-Yu Wang, Piao Liu, Tao Yuan and Hui Wang leg. GoogleMaps

Etymology.

The specific name is derived from the type locality: Medog County, Tibet. Adjective.

Diagnosis.

Zoica medogensis is distinguished from all other congeners by the disciform terminal apophysis (Figs 4 A View Figure 4 , 5 C, E, G View Figure 5 ) and spirally stalk of spermathecae (Figs 4 C, D View Figure 4 , 5 H, I View Figure 5 ).

Description.

Male holotype (Fig. 5 A View Figure 5 ) total length 2.08. Carapace 1.11 long, 0.84 wide; opisthosoma 0.97 long, 0.69 wide. Carapace smooth, yellow brown. Fovea longitudinal, radial furrow indistinct. Eye region black. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.05, ALE 0.05, PME 0.01, PLE 0.07; AME – AME 0.01, AME – ALE 0.01, PME – PME 0.02, PME – PLE 0.02. Clypeus height 0.04. Chelicerae yellow brown, with three promarginal teeth and two retromarginal teeth. Labium yellowish brown. Endites yellowish brown. Legs yellow brown. Leg measurements: I 2.57 (0.70, 0.86, 0.57, 0.44); II 2.30 (0.65, 0.79, 0.46, 0.40); III 2.09 (0.59, 0.68, 0.49, 0.33); IV 3.13 (0.88, 1.06, 0.78, 0.46). Leg formula: 4123. Opisthosoma oval. Dorsum yellow brown, with sparse brown setae. Venter yellowish brown.

Palp (Figs 4 A, B View Figure 4 , 5 C – F View Figure 5 ). Subtegulum small, located on anterior-lateral side of the bulb. Lateral apophysis robust, with coracoid-shaped end. Embolus slender and long, in groove of discoid terminal apophysis. Conductor slender, tip slightly expanded, membranous. Median tegular lobe semicircular.

Female paratype ( SWUC -T-LY-29-02 , Fig. 5 B View Figure 5 ) total length 2.39. Carapace 1.19 long, 0.90 wide; opisthosoma 1.15 long, 0.85 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.05, ALE 0.06, PME 0.11, PLE 0.08; AME – AME 0.01, AME – ALE 0.01, PME – PME 0.02, PME – PLE 0.04. Clypeus height 0.03. Leg measurements: I 3.02 (0.87, 1.06, 0.64, 0.45); II 2.62 (0.78, 0.86, 0.55, 0.43, 2.62); III 2.36 (0.67, 0.80, 0.51, 0.38); IV 3.75 (1.03, 1.31, 0.87, 0.54). Leg formula: 4123. Opisthosoma oval. Dorsum yellow brown, with black markings and muscle spots. Ventral yellowish brown.

Epigyne (Figs 4 C, D View Figure 4 , 5 H, I View Figure 5 ). Copulatory openings small. Stalks of spermathecae strongly twisted. Heads of spermathecae small, suboval. Fertilization duct crescent-shaped.

Variation.

Males (N = 9) total length 2.07–2.20, females (N = 24) total length 2.17–2.41.

Habitat.

Living in the leaf litter layer.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality, Xizang, China (Fig. 10 View Figure 10 ).