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Issue: Vol. 5782 No. 2: 24 Mar. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-03-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.2.3
Page range: 283-312
Abstract views: 83
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On a new genus of the fossorial wolf spiders from Middle Asia (Araneae, Lycosidae)

Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Universitetskaya Embankment 1; St Petersburg; 199034; Russia.
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Leninskiy avenue 33; Moscow 119071; Russia.; Institute of Zoology; al-Farabi Street 93; Almaty 050060; Kazakhstan.
Araneae Aranei Central Asia descriptions distribution new combinations new species kazakhstan

Abstract

A new genus, Desertosa gen. nov., is established to accommodate six Middle Asian species of burrowing wolf spiders, of which four are diagnosed and described as new: D. karamola sp. nov. (male, female, SE Kazakhstan), D. kuramin sp. nov. (female, SE Uzbekistan), D. ozernoyi sp. nov. (male, female, SE Kazakhstan), D. zyuzini sp. nov. (male, female, SE Kazakhstan). Two new combinations are proposed: Desertosa kuryk (Esyunin & Efimik, 2025), comb. nov. and D. uzbekistanica (Logunov, 2023), comb. nov.; both ex Lycosa Latreille, 1804. The localities of all Desertosa species are mapped, and an identification key is provided as well. A brief synopsis of the fauna and diversity of the fossorial Lycosidae of Middles Asia is given.

 

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How to Cite

Logunov, D.V. & Nekhaeva, A.A. (2026) On a new genus of the fossorial wolf spiders from Middle Asia (Araneae, Lycosidae). Zootaxa, 5782 (2), 283–312. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.2.3