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Genus: Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 | Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Arctosa similis Schenkel, 1938

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Described:

Distribution: Canary Is. to Cyprus, Iraq, Iran

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Taxonomic References

Lycosa cinerea Simon, 1937: 1113, f. 1749 (f; misidentified per Buchar, Knoflach & Thaler, 2006: 334)

Lycosa variana Simon, 1937: 1115, f. 1752 (m; misidentified per Buchar, Knoflach & Thaler, 2006: 334)

Arctosa similis Schenkel, 1938b: 13, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Bonacosa similis Roewer, 1955c: 237

Arctosa variana Knülle, 1959: 252, f. 2, 8 (mf; misidentified per Buchar, Knoflach & Thaler, 2006: 334)

Arctosa variana Lugetti & Tongiorgi, 1965: 183, f. VI.1-4 (mf; misidentified per Buchar, Knoflach & Thaler, 2006: 334)

Arctosa cinerea minor Guy, 1966: 130, f. 89-90 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017563]

Arctosa variana Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu, 1971: 189, f. 93a-d (mf; misidentified - copy of Lugetti & Tongiorgi, 1965: 183, f. VI.1-4)

Arctosa similis Buchar, Knoflach & Thaler, 2006: 334, f. 3-4, 10, 12, 19-20, 27-30 (mf, removed from S of Arctosa cinerea, rejecting Machado, 1941: xv, S of Arctosa cinerea minor)

Arctosa similis Hepner & Paulus, 2009: 341, f. 11-13 (mf)

Arctosa similis Zamani et al., 2017c: 63, f. 4B-C (f)

Arctosa similis Al-Khazali et al., 2023: 102, f. 2A-D, 3A-I (mf)

Arctosa similis Dolejš, 2023: 19, f. 7 (f)

References

Al-Khazali, A. M., Al-Abbad, M. Y. M., Fomichev, A. A. & Kachel, H. S. (2023). New data on the wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) of Iraq. Ecologica Montenegrina 67: 101-116. doi: 10.37828/em.2023.67.12 -- Show included taxa

Buchar, J., Knoflach, B. & Thaler, K. (2006). On the identity of Arctosa varians C. L. Koch and Arctosa similis Schenkel, with notes on related species. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13(9): 329-336. -- Show included taxa

Dolejš, P. (2023). A historical collection of Greek spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in the National Museum of the Czech Republic. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 66: 17-23. doi: 10.30963/aramit6603 -- Show included taxa

Fuhn, I. E. & Niculescu-Burlacu, F. (1971). Fam. Lycosidae. Fauna Republicii Socialiste România (Arachnida) 5(3): 1-253. -- Show included taxa

Guy, Y. (1966). Contribution à l'étude des araignées de la famille des Lycosidae et de la sous-famille des Lycosinae avec étude spéciale des espèces du Maroc. Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique Chérifien et de la Faculté des Sciences, Série Zoologie, Rabat 33: 1-174. -- Show included taxa

Hepner, M. & Paulus, H. F. (2009). Contributions on the wolf spider fauna (Araneae, Lycosidae) of Gran Canaria (Spain). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14(8): 339-346. doi: 10.13156/arac.2009.14.8.339 -- Show included taxa

Knülle, W. (1959). Über italienische Arctosa-Arten (Araneae: Lycosidae). Archivio Zoologico Italiano 45: 251-270. -- Show included taxa

Lugetti, G. & Tongiorgi, P. (1965). Revisione delle specie italiane dei generi Arctosa C. L. Koch e Tricca Simon con note su una Acantholycosa delle Alpi Giulie (Araneae-Lycosidae). Redia 49: 165-229. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Schenkel, E. (1938b). Spinnentiere von der Iberischen Halbinsel, gesammelt von Prof. Dr. O. Lundblad, 1935. Arkiv för Zoologi 30(A24): 1-29. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1937). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 5e et derniére partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 979-1298. -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A., Mirshamsi, O., Dolejš, P., Marusik, Y. M., Esyunin, S. L., Hula, V. & Ponel, P. (2017c). New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part IV. Acta Arachnologica 66(2): 55-71. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.66.55 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Gloor, D., Hänggi, A., Kropf, C.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 05.2018. doi: 10.24436/1

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2024-01-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Dolejš, 2023
2023-10-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Al-Khazali et al., 2023
2023-10-28	Species distribution update	Al-Khazali et al., 2023	Old value
2020-03-31	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2017-12-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Zamani et al., 2017c
2017-12-17	Species distribution update	Zamani et al., 2017c	Old value
2014-07-03	Species distribution update	Bosmans et al., 2013	Old value