MacRitchie Blue Wolf Spider
This blackish wolf spider is easily recognised in the field by its characteristic metallic bluish sheen on the carapace. The abdomen is black and often has one or more iridescent crescent-shaped bands. Femora and patellae I are black. The rest of legs I are covered with whitish hairs. Other legs are lined with a pair of lateral black bands.
| Length | ♀ 5 mm; ♂ 4 mm |
| Distribution | Singapore, China. |
| Habitat | Among damp leaf litter in secondary forests. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM), National University of Singapore, Singapore; ♂ (Lu et al., 2018)
Paratype
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM), National University of Singapore, Singapore; 3♂, 18♀ (Lu et al., 2018)
Ovia macritchie (Original description ♂♀)
Lu et al., 2018 A new Ovia species (Araneae, Lycosidae) from Singapore, with the transfer of Pardosa alboannulata Yin et al: 347, f. 2A-G, 5A-G, 8A-F, 11A-D, 13A-B doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4527.3.12
Ovia macritchie (♂♀)
Wang et al., 2021a Review of the wolf spiders from Hainan Island, China (Araneae: Lycosidae): 48, f. 39A-H, 40A-D, 41A-F doi:10.11865/zs.2021102
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, China.