| Gladicosa pulchra | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Gladicosa |
| Species: | G. pulchra |
| Binomial name | |
| Gladicosa pulchra (Keyserling, 1877) | |
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