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1 1 Arachnologische Mitteilungen42:48-51 Nürnberg,Dezember201 Notes on the distribution ofOculicosasupermirabilis (Araneae, Lycosidae) DmitriV.Logunov&AlexanderV.Gromov doi:10.5431/aramit4208 Abstract:The distribution of the poorly known Central Asian wolf-spider Oculicosasupermirabilis Zyuzin, 1993 is clarified,discussedand mappedonthebasisofbothoriginaland literature-deriveddata.Thespeciesiscurrently known from theTuran Lowland between the41stand 43rd degrees oflatitude north;itsdistribution coincides withthatofthegrey-browndesertsoilandlieswithinthegeobotanicalsub-zoneofsoutherndeserts.Bothsexes arealsoillustratedand diagnosed. Keywords:burrowingwolf-spiders,Central Asia,distributional pattern,newrecords Oculicosa supermirabilis is the type species of the Methods monotypic genus Oculicosa Zyuzin, 1993. Both the In order to clarify both published (ZYUZIN 1993, genus and type species were described in detail by LOGUNOV 2010) and unpublished records of 0. ZYUZIN(1993),whoalsodiscussedthedetailedpalpal supermirabiliswe drewuponthefieldnotebookofA. morphology ofa number oflycosids and the provi- A.Zyuzin-whocollectedthemajorityofthestudied sionaltribalclassificationoftheLycosinae.Thegenus material - topographic maps 1:100000, soil maps, Oculicosa can be easily distinguished from all other mapsofthemodernadministrativesubdivisionofKa- CentralAsiangeneraofburrowingLycosidaebythe zakhstan,UzbekistanandTurkmenistan,andsatellite following characters: the distinctlyelevated cephalic imagesavailableatthewebsitemaps.google.com.The region, the presence oftwo retromarginal teeth, the mappresentedhereinafterhasbeenpreparedusingthe absenceoftarsalscopulae,andlegII theshortest(see computerprogrammesGPSMapEdit1.0.57.3,ESRI LOGUNOV2010,forfurtherdetails).Thelatterauthor ArcGIS9.3 andBlueMarbleGeographicCalculator also provided two additional records for O. supermi- 6.3.Foreachgeographicnamegivenunder‘Material rabilisfromthe SEpartofKazakhstan.Nevertheless, examined’ we have provided several variants which the distribution ofthis species in Central Asia and areavailableonvariousmaps;ofwhichthefirstgiven its biology remains virtually unknown. Recently, a name is the one currentlyused. largeunsortedcollectionofCentralAsian Lycosidae The (re)examined material is deposited in the becameavailabletothefirstauthor(courtesyofAlexei Siberian Zoological Museum, Novosibirsk, Rus- Zyuzin;Almaty,Kazakhstan).Thiscollectioncontains sia (SZMN; curator: Dr G.N. Azarkina) and the anextensiveseriesofO.supermirabiliscollectedfroma ManchesterMuseum,UniversityofManchester,UK (MMUM; fewlocalitiesofCentralAsia,allowingustoclarifythe curator: D.V. Logunov). species’distribution.Thus,the aimofthis shortnote istoconsolidateallknownrecordsofO.supermirabilis Oculicosasupermirabilis Zyuzin, 1993 (Figs. 1-6) from CentralAsiaavailable to date andto outline its Materialexamined rangewithin the studied area. Kazakhstan:16612$ (SZMN,001.4352),SouthKazakh- stan[=Chimkent,Shymkent]Area,Arys’Distr.,Kyzylkum DeserWt, S foothills ofKaraktau [=Kairaktau] Hills,c. 41.1 km of Bairkum, nr. Zhautkan Well (41°11’58.4”N, m 57°29’08.0”E),clayeysoil,c.209 a.s.L,11.-12.05.1995,A. DmitriV.LOGUNOV,ManchesterMuseum,Universityof A.Zyuzinleg.;45S35$ (SZMN,001.4350-4351),363$ Manchester,OxfordRoad,ManchesterM139PL,UK (MMUM, G7511.9), same area and district, Kyzylkum E-Mail:[email protected] Desert, S foothills ofKaraktau [=Kairaktau] Hills, c. 36.1 AlexanderV.GROMOV,KazakhstanEntomologicalSociety, kmWSWofBairkum,nr.BaimakhanWell(42°03’52.6”N, LaboratoryofEntomology,InstituteofZoology,Al-Farabi93, m Akademgorodok,050060Almaty,Kazakhstan 67°42’10.4”E), clayeysoil, c. 209 a.s.l.,21.-23.05.1993, E-Mail:[email protected] A.A. Zyuzinleg.; 10$ (SZMN,001.4187),9$ (SZMN, 001.4368),sameareaanddistrict,KyzylkumDesert,Sfoot- WSW eingereicht:8.11.2011,akzeptiert:19.12.2011;onlineverfügbar:31.12.201 hills ofKaraktau [=Kairaktau] Hills, c. 35.8 km of NotesonOculicosasupermirabilis 49 Bairkum,c.0.9kmSEofBaimakhanWell(42°03’28.1”N, Publishedrecords 67°42’31.9”E),clayeysoil,c.211ma.s.l.,13.-14.04.1990,A. Althoughtwoearlierauthors(ZYUZIN 1993,LOGU- A.Zyuzin,A.A.Feodorovleg.-Uzbekistan:3$ (SZMN, NOV2010)providedratherdetailedlocalityinforma- 001.4369), Karakalpakstan [=Qoraqalpog’iston], Kungrad tionfortheirrecords,thiswasnotenoughtocorrectly [=Qon’g’irot] Distr.,UstyurtPlWateau,c.56.1 kmWNWof map the correspondinglocalities.Therefore,herewe Kungrad[=Qon’g’irot],c.3km ofAksholak[=Akchulak, provide the clarified and more detailed information Aqsho’laq] (43T0’15.1”N,58°09’28.2”E),clayeydesert,c. on all the earlierpublishedlocalities. 125ma.s.l.,23.-24.04.1990,S.I.Ibraevleg.-Turkmeni- The type locality (ZYUZIN 1993): Kazakhstan, stan:1S19 (SZMN,001.4248),Dashoguz[=Dashkhovuz, MangistauArea, Karakiya [=Eraliev] Distr., Karynzharyk Tashauz]Area,Boldumsaz [=Kalinin] Distr.,UstyurtPla- Sands,c.37.4kmSofAkkuduk,nr.KandybaiWinterhouse N teau, bordeWrSofWKaplankyr[=Gaplangyr]NatureReserve, (c.42°37’55.0”N,54°02’05.7”E),clayeysoil,c.47m. a.s.l., c.232.2km ofDashoguz[=Dashkhovuz,Tashauz], 14-15.05.1989, S.I.Ibraev,A.A. Zyuzinleg. Burchliburun[=Burchlyburun]Boundary,nr.Burchliburun Three localities published by LOGUNOV (2010: [=Burchlyburun] Cordon (41°23’45.8”N, 57°11’58.6”E), Table 1):(1)Kazakhstan,MangistauArea,Karakiya[=Er- c. 53 m a.s.l., 1988, L. A. Mitroshina leg.; Id (SZMN, aliev] Distr.,Ustyurt Plateau, c. 42 km SSE ofAkkuduk, 001.4232), same locality, 06.05.1986, L. A. Mitroshina Ustyurt State Reserve, nr. El’shibekWell (42°38’19.1”N, leg.;2$ (SZMN,001.4232),samelocality,05.1988,L.A. 54°21’16.4”E), canyon, c. 172 m. a.s.l, 19.05.1989,A. A. Mitroshinaleg. Zyuzinleg.-(2) Kazakhstan,SouthKazakhstan [=Chim- Figs1-5:ThecopulatoryorgansofOculicosasupermirabilisZyuzin,1993fromSouthKazakhstan (SfoothillsofKaraktau Hills,nr. BaimakhanWell).1.Leftmalepalp,ventralview.2.Ditto,retrolateralview.3.Embolardivisionofthemalepalp,ventralview. 4.Epigyne,ventralview.5.Spermathecae,dorsalview. Abbreviations:Se-synembolus,E-embolus.Scales:(1-2,4)0.5 mm,(3)0.1 mm,(5)0.1 mm. 50 D.V.Logunov&A.V.Gromov 55° 60° 65° 70° Fig.6:Collection localitiesofOculicosasupermirabilisZyuzin,1993.Closeddots-originaldata),opendots-literature- deriveddata. kent, Shymkent] Area, OtrarDistr., Kyzylkum Desert,N While diagnosing O. supermirabilis ZYUZIN (1993) NW , foothills ofKaraktau [=Kairaktau] Hills, c. 43.8 km mentioned Lycosa alticeps (Kroneberg, 1875) from ofBairkum,nr.Tabakbulak(42°21’26.7”N,67°41’56.3”E), Central Asia and L. medica (Pocock, 1889) from clayey soil, c. 225 m. a.s.l., 23-25.05.1993, A. A. Zyuzin Iran as closely related species. However, he did not leg. - (3) Kazakhstan, South Kazakhstan [=Chimkent, mention whether they should be included in Oculi- NShWymkent]Area,Arys’Distr.,KyzylkumDesert,c.35.2km cosaornot.Althoughbothspecieswereplacedinthe ofBairkum, Karaktau [=Kairaktau] Hills, Karamola genusHognaSimon, 1885byROEWER(1955),their Mt,toppart(42°16’48.4”N,67°45’28.7”E),c.376m.a.s.l., actual taxonomic assignment and status are in need 29-31.05.1993,A.A.Zyuzinleg. ofurgentrevision.This problem is outside the scope Diagnosis ofthe current study andwillbe dealtwith byone of O. supermirabilis is easily distinguished from all the us (DL) in the future. burrowingwolf-spiders ofCentral Asia bythe wide andplate-shapedmedianapophysiswithatransverse Description ridge (Figs 1-2) in males and by the narrow, long See ZYUZIN (1993) for a detailed description both epigynal atrium (Fig. 4) and the very short, ovoid of the genus Oculicosa and of the type species O. spermathecaeinfemales (Fig.5).Bothsexescanalso supermirabilis. be easily distinguished by the pronounced slope of the thoracicregionofthe carapace andtheunusually Distribution large PMEs and PLEs, compared to the eyes ofthe Todate,thespecieshasbeenrecordedfrom Kazakh- first row (see LOGUNOV2010: figs 4-5). It is worth stan (ZYUZIN 1993, Logunov2010; present data), mentioningthattheconformationofthesynembolus Uzbekistan(presentdata)andTurkmenistan(present andtheembolusofO.supermirabilisisalmostidentical data).All the records camefrom theTuran Lowland tothatofLycosatarantula(Linnaeus, 1758),thetype betweenthe 41stand 43rd degrees oflatitude north: species ofthe genus Lycosa Latreille, 1804: in both UstyurtPlateauandKyzylkumDesert(KaraktauHills speciesthesestructuresareofthesameshapeandsize andtheirvicinities) (see Fig. 6). (cf. Fig. 3 and fig. 1 in LOGUNOV 2010). Yet, both genera are clearly distinct (see LOGUNOV 2010, for Notesonecology further details). Adult specimens are active in April—May; females make permanent vertical silk-lined burrows with NotesonOculicosasupermirabilis 51 self-closingtrapdoors (A. Zyuzin pers. comm.).The References species prefers gypsiferous, vegetation-less plots on Akzygitova N.I., S.-W. Breckle, G.Winkler, E.A. grey-brown desert soil of pelitophytic mechanical Volkova,W.Wucherer, L.J. Kurochkina, G.B. composition (= ‘white clay’ sensu A. Zyuzin pers. Makulbekova,N.P.Ogar,E.I.Rachkovskaya,I.N. & comm.), and occurs at elevations between 47 and SAFRONOVA V.N. KHRAMTSOV (2003): Botanical 376 m a.s.l.This soiltypeisonlycommononseveral geographyofKazakhstanandMiddleAsia(desertregi- plateaus and along erratic mountains and hills of on).KomarovBotanicalInstitutre&cInstituteofBotany, the Turan Lowland (see MlNASHINA et al. 1968, Saint-Petersburg.424p. (inRussian andEnglish) ZHIKHAREVA et al. 1969, FAIZOV 1970). The cur- FAIZOVK.S.(1970): [SoilsofKazakhSSR,issue 13. Soils ofGur’ev Region]. Institute ofSoil Sciences, Acade- rently known distribution of O. supermirabilis coin- my ofSciences ofKazakh SSR, Alma-Ata. 352 p. (in cideswellwith the distribution ofthis soil type, and Russian) lies within the geobotanical sub-zone of southern KUVSHINOVA K.V. 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