Arctosa tbilisiensis Mcheidze, 1946
Description
Male
Prosoma chestnut brown, shiny, with a group of white hairs in front of fovea. Sternum and clypeus brown. Chelicerae chestnut brown. Legs: Femur I almost completely dark brown, femora II-IV only apical half dark brown. Femora are contrasting with yellow to light orange of the other segments. Tibiae and metatarsi with inconspicuous annulations. Opisthosoma with conspicuous pattern of white to pale yellow patches on dark grey to black background.
Body length male: 3.92-4.34 mmFemale
Prosoma brown, somewhat paler than in males. Sternum light brown to yellow. Clypeus and chelicerae brown. Legs somewhat lighter than in males, no annulations visible. Opisthosoma as in males.
Body length female: 6.35-6.68 mmDistribution
Phenology
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
 |  |
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler et al. 2000)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Alderweireldt 2002)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Alderweireldt 2002)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Uyar & Dolejš 2017)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Uyar & Dolejš 2017)
Embolic division, ventral view
(Thaler et al. 2000)
Embolic division, dorsal view
(Thaler et al. 2000)
Habitus
(Alderweireldt 2002)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Alderweireldt 2002)
Epigyne
(Uyar & Dolejš 2017)
Epigyne
(Roewer 1955a)
Epigyne
(Roewer 1960b)
Epigyne
(Marusik & Nadolny 2020)
Vulva, ventral view
(Alderweireldt 2002)
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
Alderweireldt M (2002) Redescription of Arctosa tbilisiensis Mcheidze, 1947, a poorly known Pontocaspian wolf spider (Araneae, Lycosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12: 183-184 
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
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
Demircan N, Topçu A (2016) First records for spider fauna of the European part of Turkey (Araneae). Serket 15: 85-91
Kunt K B, Kaya R S, Özkütük R S, Danişman T, Yağmur E A, Elverici M (2012) Additional notes on the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 36: 637-651
Marusik A M, Nadolny A A (2020) On the identity of Trochosa hispanica (Araneae, Lycosidae), with notes on the synonymy of West Palaearctic "Trochosa" species. Zootaxa 4859: 56-80
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Roewer C F (1955a) Die Araneen der Österreichischen Iran-Expedition 1949/50. Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (I) 164: 751-782
Roewer C F (1960b) Solifugen und Opilioniden - Araneae Orthognathae, Haplogynae und Entelegynae (Contribution à l'étude de la faune d'Afghanistan 23). Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 8(7): 1-53
Thaler K, Buchar J, Knoflach B (2000) Notes on wolf spiders from Greece (Araneae, Lycosidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 32: 1071-1091
Uyar Z, Dolejš P (2017) New records and notes on some spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae, Salticidae, Theridiidae) from Turkey. Entomological News 127: 51-63
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2