Kronestedt Torbjörn, Feulner Gary R, Roobas Binish
Department of Zoology; Swedish Museum of Natural History; SE-104 05 Stockholm; Sweden.
Dubai Natural History Group; PO Box 9234; Dubai; United Arab Emirates.
Zootaxa. 2024 Oct 15;5523(2):291-300. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5523.2.10.
Wadicosa arabica sp. nov. is described from material of both sexes collected in Oman and the United Arab Emirates. The species belongs to the W. fidelis group and differs from its congroupers, inter alia, by the shape of the tegular apophysis and the embolus in the male. The occurrence of W. arabica sp. nov. is restricted to the gravel, pebble and cobble beds of ephemeral and intermittent streams (wadis) in the mountains of the eastern United Arab Emirates and northern Oman (the Hajar Mountains sensu lato). There it is often common and conspicuous alongside areas of surface waters. Notes on its courtship behaviour are given.
阿拉伯瓦迪狼蛛（Wadicosa arabica sp. nov.）是根据在阿曼和阿拉伯联合酋长国采集的雌雄两性标本描述的。该物种属于忠诚瓦迪狼蛛（W. fidelis）种群，与同种群的其他物种不同，尤其是雄蛛的 tegular 骨片和插入器的形状。阿拉伯瓦迪狼蛛（W. arabica sp. nov.）仅分布于阿拉伯联合酋长国东部和阿曼北部山区（广义上的哈杰尔山脉）季节性和间歇性溪流（干河）的砾石、卵石和鹅卵石河床。在那里，它在地表水区域附近通常很常见且很显眼。文中还给出了其求偶行为的相关记录。
