| Lawrence's Allocosa Wolf Spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Allocosa |
| Species: | A. lawrencei |
| Binomial name | |
| Allocosa lawrencei | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Allocosa lawrencei is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. [2] It is commonly known as Lawrence's Allocosa wolf spider. [3]
Allocosa lawrencei is known from Eswatini and the South African provinces Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and Northern Cape. [3]
Allocosa lawrencei is a free running ground dweller sampled from the Grassland, Savanna, and Thicket Biomes at altitudes ranging from 4 to 1730 m. It has also been sampled from vineyards. [3]
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Allocosa lawrencei is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical distribution range. It is protected in more than 15 protected areas. [3]
The species is named after Reginald Frederick Lawrence, a South African zoologist who made significant contributions to arachnology.
The species was originally described by Lawrence in 1938 as Lycosa maritima from Umhlali in KwaZulu-Natal, but this name was preoccupied by Hentz, 1844. Roewer provided the replacement name lawrencei in 1951. [1] The species is known from both sexes. [3]
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