A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Redescription of enigmatic spider genus Stoliczka O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 (Araneae: Lycosoidea) based on the type species
Authors: Yuri M. Marusik, Anton A. Nadolny
Publisher: MAGNOLIA PRESS
Publication year: 2018
Journal: Zootaxa
Journal name in source: ZOOTAXA
Journal acronym: ZOOTAXA
Volume: 4497
Issue: 2
First page : 295
Last page: 300
Number of pages: 6
ISSN: 1175-5326
eISSN: 1175-5334
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4497.2.9
Abstract
The type species of Stoliczka O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885-S. insignis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885-is redescribed for the first time, based on a lectotype here designated. The genus has an uncertain taxonomic position. Originally, it was placed in Lycosidae, while it is currently considered a Pisauridae (Pisaurinae). It includes only two species known from the Western Himalayas, of which the type species remains known only from the females and S. affinis Caporiacco, 1935, which is known from a juvenile only. An uncommon behavioral feature of these spiders is the attachment of egg cocoons to the spinnerets like in the Lycosidae. The absence of the male does not allow us to clarify the taxonomic assignment of this enigmatic genus.
The type species of Stoliczka O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885-S. insignis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885-is redescribed for the first time, based on a lectotype here designated. The genus has an uncertain taxonomic position. Originally, it was placed in Lycosidae, while it is currently considered a Pisauridae (Pisaurinae). It includes only two species known from the Western Himalayas, of which the type species remains known only from the females and S. affinis Caporiacco, 1935, which is known from a juvenile only. An uncommon behavioral feature of these spiders is the attachment of egg cocoons to the spinnerets like in the Lycosidae. The absence of the male does not allow us to clarify the taxonomic assignment of this enigmatic genus.
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