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Lycosidae Lycosa

Lycosa vittata Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1995

Colourful Striped Wolf Spider

The species is readily recognised by its striking pattern and colouration, as well as its sheer size: it is the largest wolf spider known in Singapore.

By its general appearance, it is easy to understand why the species is named "vittata", meaning "wearing a colourful band". The carapace and abdomen each has a pair of narrow and conspicuous bands of white setae adjacent to wider bands with different shades of brown. The abdominal pattern is particularly noticeable with blackish speckles and irregular black lines on both sides of the jagged white bands against a brownish background. In both sexes, the ALE, PME, and PLE are set within two longitudinal dark bands that extend from the front chelicerae, up the clypeus and then, broadening after the eyes, along the full length of the carapace.

Length♀11–15 mm; ♂11–12 mm
Type LocalityHainan, China
DistributionSingapore, Malaysia, Thailand, China.
HabitatSwampy grassland.
BiologyNocturnal. Slow-moving.

Taxonomy

Type Deposits*

  1. Holotype

    College of Environment and Plant Protection, Hainan University (HANU), Haikou, China; ♂ of Lycosa hawigvittata (Wang et al., 2021a)

  2. Paratype

    College of Environment and Plant Protection, Hainan University (HANU), Haikou, China; 1♂ of Lycosa hawigvittata (Barrion et al., 2013)

Taxonomic references*

  1. Lycosa vittata (Original description ♂♀)

    Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1995 On two new species of the spiders of genus Lycosa (Araneae: Lycosidae): 32, f. II.1-10

  2. Lycosa vittata (♂♀)

    Yin et al., 1997c Lycosids in China (Arachnida: Araneae): 137, f. 64a-j

  3. Lycosa vittata (♂♀)

    Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999 The spiders of China: 322, f. 192E, N

  4. Lycosa hawigvittata (Original description ♂)

    Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, in Barrion et al., 2013 New species of spiders (Araneae) from Hainan Island, China: 15, f. 15A-H doi:10.5281/zenodo.269136

  5. Lycosa vittata (♂♀, Synonym of Lycosa hawigvittata)

    Wang et al., 2021a Review of the wolf spiders from Hainan Island, China (Araneae: Lycosidae): 37, f. 28A-B, 29A-E doi:10.11865/zs.2021102

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for Lycosa vittata Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1995

Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, China.

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