A new species related to Pardosa atrata (Araneae, Lycosidae) from Armenia makes the distribution range of the atrata group disjunctive
Journal: ZooKeys
Year: 2023

Species of wolf spiders considered in the <i>Pardosaatrata</i> group are surveyed, and comparative figures of all species included in the group are presented for the first time. A new species, <i>P.armeniaca</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, is described from the shore of Lake Sevan (Armenia) based on both sexes. <i>Pardosanarymica</i> Savelyeva, 1972 from East Kazakhstan Oblast' is synonymized with the trans-Palaearctic <i>P.atrata</i> (Thorell, 1873). It was found that the record of <i>P.atrata</i> (sub <i>