Arctosa similis Schenkel, 1938
Description
Male
Tegular apophysis strongly developed, ventral tooth long and conspicuous. Terminal apophysis long and slender. Prosoma length: 4.2-6.3. Body greyish to yellowish, pattern indistinct. Legs with indistinct annulation.
Female
Epigyne triangular, margins sclerotised, anterior margin forming a bilobed hood. Vulva with strongly bent copulatory ducts. Prosoma length: 3.4-7.1. Colouration as in males.
Additional information
In open habitats with sparse vegetation, with sand and gravel, along the seashore riverbanks.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Simon 1937)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Hepner & Paulus 2009)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Al-Khazali et al. 2023)
Habitus, ventral view
(Al-Khazali et al. 2023)
Epigyne
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Simon 1937)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Hepner & Paulus 2009)
Epigyne
(Iorio unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Dolejš 2023)
Epigyne
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Hepner & Paulus 2009)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Al-Khazali et al. 2023)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Al-Khazali et al. 2023)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Al-Khazali et al. 2023)
Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
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
Al-Khazali A M, Al-Abbad M Y M, Fomichev A A, Kachel H S (2023) New data on the wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) of Iraq. Ecologica Montenegrina 67: 101-116 
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Buchar J, Dolanský J (2011) New records of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) in the Mediterranean. Klapalekiana 47: 5-11
Buchar J, Knoflach B, Thaler K (2006) On the identity of Arctosa varians C. L. Koch and Artosa similis Schenkel, with notes on related species. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13: 329-336
Dolejš P (2023) A historical collection of Greek spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in the National Museum of the Czech Republic. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 66: 17-23
Fuhn I E, Niculescu-Burlacu F (1971) Fam. Lycosidae. Fauna Republicii Socialiste România (Arachnida) 5 (3): 1-253
Guy Y (1966) Contribution à l'étude des araignées de la famille des Lycosidae et de la sous-famille des Lycosinae avec étude spéciale des espèces du Maroc. Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique Chérifien et de la Faculté des Sciences, Série Zoologie, Rabat 33: 1-174
Hepner M, Paulus H F (2009) Contributions on the wolf spider fauna (Araneae, Lycosidae) of Gran Canaria (Spain). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14: 339-346
Iorio E (unpubl.) .
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Simon E (1937) Les arachnides de France 6 (5). Paris (Roret): 979-1298
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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