Lycosidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Pardosa  C. L. Koch, 1847   127 species

Pardosa pirkuliensis  Zyuzin & Logunov, 2000

Description
Male

Prosoma dark brown, with bright median band, lateral bands poorly visible or absent, eye field black. Chelicerae bright yellow. Sternum dark, with light streak anteriorly. Legs: femora and patellae brownish, remaining segments segments yellowish, femora I and II with numerous spiniform setae. Opisthosoma: dorsum and sides with black markings.

Body length male: 6.2-6.4 mm
Female

Prosoma brown, with yellow or orange stripes, lateral band ususally half as wide as median band, eye field black. Sternum dark, with light streak anteriorly, Legs annulated with yellow and brown. Opisthosoma: dorsum black with brown-yellow or red-brown markings, venter and sides bright yellow.

Body length female: 6.2-7.0 mm
Additional information

On dry open slopes, among stones and dry grass, 1200-1600 m a.s.l.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Caucasus (Russia, Azerbaijan)
Phenology
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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.

Azerbaijan   (Otto, 2022) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022) |||
References

Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

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 pdf

Zyuzin A A, Logunov D V (2000) New and little-known species of the Lycosidae from Azerbaijan, the Caucasus (Araneae, Lycosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 305-319 pdf

Updates
09-07-2013 Datasheet update Detail
09-07-2013 Image insert