title: A survey of the East Palaearctic Lycosidae (Aranei). 8. The genera Pirata Sundevall, 1833 and Piratula Roewer, 1960 in the Russian Far East
abstract: Spiders belonging to Pirata from the Russian Far East have been surveyed and 14 species are illustrated. Morphological analysis of the northern Holarctic species of Pirata revealed that the genus Piratula can be removed from synonymy with Pirata. New diagnoses are provided for the two genera. Species and genus specific characters were surveyed. Twenty-five species occurring in the northern Holarctic are transferred into Piratula and 22 new combinations are established: Piratula hygrophila (Thore
journal: rej