Lycosid spiders of Japan I. The genus pirata sundevall

Abstract

TANAKA, Hozumi (Biological Laboratory, Konko Yao Senior High School, Yao, Osaka, 581 Japan: Lycosid spiders of Japan I. The genus Pirata SUNDEVALL. Acta arachnol., 36: 33-77 (1988). The following 13 species of the genus Pirata of Japan are dealt with: Pirata piraticus (CLERCK), P. subpiraticus (BOSENBERG et STRAND), P. clercki (BOSEN-BERG et STRAND), P. yaginumai TANAKA, P. piratoides (BOSENBERG et STRAND), P. meridionalis TANAKA, P. boreus TANAKA, P. procurvus (BOSENBERG et STRAND), P. tanakai BRIGNOLI, P. yesoensis TANAKA, P. hiroshii TANAKA, P. piratellus (STRAND), and P. knorrii (SCOPOLI). One species, P. piratellus, has not been collected since it was described originally in 1906. The other 12 species are redescribed in detail, with notes on their biology, and a key to them is provided. All of them live in wet habitats, i. e. around rivers, ponds and lakes, and under fallen leaves etc. © 1988, Arachnological Society of Japan. All rights reserved.