Allocosa schoenlandi

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Grahamstown Allocosa Wolf Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Allocosa
Species:
A. schoenlandi
Binomial name
Allocosa schoenlandi
(Pocock, 1900) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Lycosa schönlandiPocock, 1900
  • Allocosa schönlandiRoewer, 1955

Allocosa schoenlandi is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. [2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Grahamstown Allocosa wolf spider. [3]

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Distribution

Allocosa schoenlandi is known only from Grahamstown (now Makhanda) in the Eastern Cape. [3]

Habitat and ecology

The species is a free running ground dweller sampled from the Thicket Biome at 552 m. [3]

Description

Conservation

Allocosa schoenlandi is listed as Data Deficient for Taxonomic reasons by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. The status of the species remains obscure and additional sampling is needed to collect the male and to determine the species' range. [3]

Taxonomy

The species was described by Pocock in 1900 and is known only from the type locality Grahamstown. [1] The species was revised by Roewer in 1959 and is known only from the female. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Pocock, R.I. (1900). "Some new Arachnida from Cape Colony". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7. 6 (33): 316–333. doi:10.1080/00222930008678382.
  2. 1 2 "Allocosa schoenlandi (Pocock, 1900)". Natural History Museum Bern. World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Lycosidae of South Africa. Version 1: part 1 (A-H). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 15. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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