Omelko M.M.1, Marusik Yu.M.2 2008. A survey of the East Palaearctic Lycosidae (Aranei). 4. On two somatically similar species of Alopecosa from the Russian Far East // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.16 (for 2007). No.4: 237–243 [in English].
1 Gornotayozhnaya Station FEB RAS, Gornotayozhnoye Vil., Ussuriyski Dist., Primorski Krai 692533 Russia.
2 Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000 Russia. E-mail: yurmar@mail.ru
KEY WORDS: Spider, new species, synonymy.
Abstract. A description of Alopecosa tanakai sp.n. and redescription of A. kaplanovi Oliger, 1983, are given. Both species occur in the Maritime Province of Russia. These two species are of the same size and pattern, but their copulatory organs are very different. A brief discussion is provided for the complicated and contradictory synonymy of Alopecosa auripilosa (Schenkel, 1953), A. argenteopilosa (Schenkel, 1963), A. albofasciata fornicata (Schenkel, 1963) and A. aerosa (Schenkel, 1963) described from China.