Piratula hurkai (Buchar, 1966)
Description
Male
The retrolaterally directed lobe of the tegular apophysis is narrower than in P. knorri and P. latitans. Tegulum without tooth. The palpal tibia bears a number of retrolateral thick thorns. Bright median band of carapace often with dark forked mark, sternum with bright median band.
Body length male: 4.8 mmFemale
The receptaculi are not spherical and similar to but differently shaped than in P. knorri. Bright median band of carapace often with dark forked mark, sternum with bright median band.
Body length female: 5.4 mm
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Türkeş 2024b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Türkeş 2024b)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2011)
Epigyne
(Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2011)
Vulva, ventral view
(Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2011)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2011)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Kovblyuk M M (2004b) A survey of spider species with Crimeo-Caucasian disjunct ranges (Arachnida, Araneae). In: Samu F & Szinetár C (eds.), European Arachnology 2002: 20th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Szombathely, Hungary 22-26 July 2002. Plant Protection Institute & Berzsenui College, 2004: 251-258 
Nadolny A A, Kovblyuk M M (2011) The spider genus Pirata Sundevall, 1833 (Aranei: Lycosidae) in Crimea and Abkhazia Arthropoda Selecta 20: 175-194
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Türkeş T (2024b)
Piratula hurkai (Buchar, 1966) (Araneae: Lycosidae) is a new record for Turkish spider fauna. Serket 20: 338-340
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2