Lycosa miniata C.L. Koch, 1834 : 123, pl. 13-14 (♂♀).
Xerolycosa miniata : Dahl 1908 : 361, 364, f. 58 (♂♀).
Xerolycosa miniata : Holm 1947 : 24, pl. 4, f. 34-35, pl. 10, f. 26 (♂♀).
Xerolycosa miniata : Roberts 1985 : 142, f. 61b (♂♀).
Xerolycosa miniata : Roberts 1995 : 223, f. (♂♀).
Xerolycosa miniata : Roberts 1998 : 237, f. (♂♀).
Xerolycosa miniata : Almquist 2005 : 251, f. 245a-f (♂♀).
For a complete list of references see Platnick (2011) .
Material examined.
FINLAND (selected records from different parts of the range): 15♂♀ (ZMUT), Nauvo Seili (60°15'N, 21°58'E), sandy sea shore, 16.05.-11.08.1974 (R. Mannila); 1♂ 1♀ (ZMUT), Virolahti Siikasaari (60°28'N, 27°35'E), sandy sea shore, 07.05.-13.09.1970 (S. Kännö ); 17♂♀ (ZMUT), Pori Yyteri (61°33'N, 21°32'E), among Empetrum in sand dune, 14.07.1968 (P.T. Lehtinen); 1♀ (ZMUT), Hailuoto Marjaniemi (65°02'N, 24°36'E), Elymus sandy shore, 12.7.1973 (P.T. Lehtinen). RUSSIA:Adygeya: 1♂ 1♀ (TNU-2657/18), Caucasian State Reserve, 12 km SE kordon Guzeripl, Pastbishche Abago Mt. Range (43°53'N, 40°12'E 43°56'N, 40°16'E, 1727-2010 m a.s.l.), 18-23.08.2009 (M.M. Kovblyuk). Tuva: 13♂ 11♀ (IBPN), Uyuk River mouth, 52°04'N, 94°22'E, 600-700 m, 3-5.06.1995 (Y.M. Marusik). UKRAINE: Crimea: 1♀ (TNU-2187/1), Simferopol Distr., Kesslers' Forest, 8.08.2000 (M.M. Kovblyuk).
Diagnosis.
The species differs distinctly from Xerolycosa mongolica by the carapace pattern, having a light longitudinal band and stripes. Males can be distinguished from those ofXerolycosa nemoralis by the shorter seminal duct, a bent free part of the embolus and a bent tip, a rounded (not pointed) process of the tegular apophysis, basal part higher than apical (equal in Xerolycosa nemoralis ), and the lack of a tegular ridge. Females can be distinguished by the proportions of the epigyne (windows longer than wide, whereas in Xerolycosa nemoralis they are wider than long).
Description.
Distribution.
Xerolycosa miniata has a Euro-Mongolian boreo-nemoral range ( Marusik et al. 2000 ) and is known from Portugal to Tuva, north to central Finland and north Ural, and south to Azerbaijan and north-western Mongolia.
