Arctosa lawrencei

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Lawrence Arctosa Wolf Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Arctosa
Species:
A. lawrencei
Binomial name
Arctosa lawrencei
(Roewer, 1960)
Synonyms [1]
  • Piratosa lawrenceiRoewer, 1960

Arctosa lawrencei is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. [1] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Lawrence Arctosa wolf spider. [2]

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Distribution

Arctosa lawrencei is known only from Capland (Karoo region) in South Africa. [2]

Description

Conservation

Arctosa lawrencei is listed as Data Deficient for Taxonomic and unknown provenance reasons by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. The status of the species remains obscure, and additional sampling is needed to determine the species' range. [2]

Etymology

The species is named after Reginald Frederick Lawrence, a South African arachnologist who made significant contributions to the study of southern African spiders.

Taxonomy

The species was originally described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1960 as Piratosa lawrencei with the type locality given as Capland (Karroo). [3] Marusik and colleagues transferred the species to Arctosa in 2010 based on the resemblance of the genitalia to that of Arctosa. [4] The holotype is housed at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Arctosa lawrencei (Roewer, 1960)". World Spider Catalog. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  2. 1 2 3 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. 27. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. ↑ Roewer, C.F. (1960). "Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae) (Fortsetzung und Schluss)". Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte. 55: 519–1040.
  4. ↑ Marusik, Y.M.; Omelko, M.M.; Koponen, S. (2010). "A survey of the east Palearctic Lycosidae (Aranei). 5. Taxonomic notes on the easternmost Palearctic Pirata species and on the genus Piratosa Roewer, 1960". Arthropoda Selecta. 19 (1): 29–36. doi:10.15298/arthsel.19.1.05.
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