Lycosa praegrandis C. L. Koch, 1836
Description
Male
Prosoma olive brown. Median stripe on prosoma bright, small and indistinct, with two dark longitudinal patterns, laterally with many radially scattered black bands or spots. Sternum entirely black. Legs thick and strong, greyish olive brown, black spotted or annulated, hairy, with dorsal spines. Trochanters ventrally black. Opisthosoma dark olive brown. Folium anteriorly with black pattern, medially often with undulated indistinct dorsal band with white spots, posteriorly with some horizontal white lines. Ventral side of opisthosoma dark.
Body length male: 17.8 mmFemale
Colouration as in male. Basal segments of chelicerae and pedipalps yellowish brown or orange-brown.
Prosoma length: 14 mm.
Body length female: 28.7 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Zyuzin & Logunov 2000)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Bulbus, distal view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Tip of conductor
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Epigyne
(Zyuzin & Logunov 2000)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Thaler et al. 2000)
Epigyne
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Distribution List
References
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