Fomichev A.A. 2025. New data on the fossorial wolf spiders of the genus Karakumosa Logunov et Ponomarev, 2020 (Aranei: Lycosidae) from south-western Tajikistan // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.34. No.3: 396–407 [in English].
Altai State University, Lenina Pr., 61, Barnaul 656049 Russia.
Samarkand State University, 140104, University blv. 15, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Alexander Fomichev: a.fomichov@mail.ru https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9268-622X
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.3.11
ABSTRACT. A new species of the burrowing wolf spiders — Karakumosa muratovi sp.n. (♂♀), the smallest representative of the genus — is diagnosed, illustrated and described from south-western Tajikistan. The male of K. reshetnikovi Logunov et Fomichev, 2021 is described for the first time; the diagnosis for its female is clarified. Photographs of the habitats and live specimens taken in the wild for both species are provided. The altitudinal limits of Karakumosa and Zyuzicosa species in Middle Asia, as well as the old dubious records of K. alticeps (Kroneberg, 1875) from Tajikistan and the variation of diagnostic characters in the Karakumosa male palp, are briefly discussed. The importance of photographing live specimens of burrowing wolf spiders is emphasized.
KEY WORDS: Araneae, biodiversity, Middle Asia, deserts, new species, photos of live specimens, unknown male, Zyuzicosa.