The spider genus Virata Sundevall, 1833 (Aranei: Lycosidae) in Crimea and Abkhazia

摘要

Illustrated redescriptions are provided for 5 species of the genus Pirata Sundevall, 1833, of specimens from Crimea and Abkhazia: P. hurkai Buchar, 1966; P. hygrophilus Thorell, 1872; P. lati-tans (Blackwall, 1841); P. piraticus (Clerck, 1757) and P.tenuitarsis Simon, 1876. Illustrations of P. knorri (Scopoli, 1763) and P. piraticus from Bulgaria are presented for comparison with Crimean species. P. latitans and P. piraticus are recorded from Abkhazia for the first time. Data on the variation of body size, copulatory organs structure and fertility of studied species are provided.