A new species of Alopecosa (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Canada: a morphological description supported by DNA barcoding of 19 congeners

Zootaxa. 2014 Dec 11:3894:152-60. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.12.

Abstract

A new species, Alopecosa koponeni sp. n., is described from the Arctic part of Manitoba. Individuals of A. koponeni most resemble those of A. pictilis (Emerton, 1885), but are smaller than the latter and differ in the epiginum and in colour pattern in both sexes. DNA barcode results show an interspecific distance of 0.93 between A. koponeni sp. n. and A. pictilis, a shallow genetic divergence that suggests a recent separation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Distribution
  • Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
  • Animal Structures / growth & development
  • Animals
  • Body Size
  • DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic
  • Ecosystem
  • Female
  • Male
  • Organ Size
  • Phylogeny
  • Spiders / anatomy & histology
  • Spiders / classification*
  • Spiders / genetics*
  • Spiders / growth & development