First record of a wolf spider, <I>Draposa lyrivulva</I> (Bösenberg & Strand 1906) (Araneae: Lycosidae), from the Maldivian Islands, Indian Ocean

• Steibl Sebastian

  Department of Animal Ecology and BayCEER, University of Bayreuth

• Ballarin Francesco

  Systematic Zoology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University

• Nadolny Anton A.

  A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS

• Laforsch Christian

  Department of Animal Ecology and BayCEER, University of Bayreuth

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• First record of a wolf spider, Draposa lyrivulva (Bosenberg & Strand 1906) (Araneae: Lycosidae), from the Maldivian Islands, Indian Ocean

Abstract

We report the first record of the wolf spider Draposa lyrivulva (Bösenberg & Strand 1906) outside its known distribution in Pakistan, India and the island of Sri Lanka on the remote tropical islands of the Maldives. It is the first species report of any Lycosidae from these islands. As this remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean lies about 500 km off the Indian subcontinent and comprises more than 1100 islands, the finding of D. lyrivulva as a common species there suggests that this spider could have colonized the islands either via aerial dispersal, rafting or has been introduced by humans.

Journal

• Acta Arachnologica

  Acta Arachnologica 69 (2), 115-119, 2020-12-20

  Arachnological Society of Japan

Keywords

• coralline
• Maldives
• spider fauna
• wolf spider

Details

• CRID: 1390286981362178560
• NII Article ID: 130007959583
• NII Book ID: AN00000074
• DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.69.115
• ISSN: 18807852
• ISSN: 00015202
• NDL BIB ID: 031215668
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I031215668
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/asjaa/69/2/69_115/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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