Mongolicosa

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Mongolicosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Mongolicosa
Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2003 [1]
Type species
Mongolicosa glupovi
Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2003
Species

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Mongolicosa is a genus of wolf spiders containing eight species found in central Asia from the Altai Mountains east to western Buryatia and south to Xinjiang and the Gobi Desert.

Spiders of this genus are dark coloured without any clear patterning. Body length is from 6 - 9.2 mm. The legs are relatively short compared with spiders of the related genera Acantholycosa and Sibirocosa .

Species

The genus Mongolicosa contains the following species: [2]

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<i>Acantholycosa</i> Genus of spiders

Acantholycosa is a genus of wolf spiders. Members of this genus can be distinguished from closely related genera by the presence of more than three pairs of ventral tibial spines on each front leg. All are found in Asia and Europe with the exception of Acantholycosa solituda, found in North America.

Acantholycosa azyuzini is a species of wolf spider only known from the Altai Mountains.

Acantholycosa katunensis is a species of wolf spider only known from the Katun Mountain Range in the Russian part of the Altai Mountains.

Acantholycosa sayanensis is a species of wolf spiders found only in the Western Sayan Mountains in Russia.

Acantholycosa plumalis is a species of wolf spider only known from the vicinity of Lake Teletskoye in the Russian part of the Altai Mountains.

Acantholycosa paraplumalis is a species of wolf spider only known from the northern Altai Mountains, Russia.

Acantholycosa baltoroi is a species of wolf spider found in Kashmir, Nepal and China.

Acantholycosa sterneri is a species of wolf spider found in Mongolia and southern Siberia.

Acantholycosa kurchumensis is a species of wolf spiders only known from the Kurchum Mountain Range in eastern Kazakhstan.

Acantholycosa khakassica is a species of wolf spider only known from south-western Khakassia, Russia.

Acantholycosa petrophila is a species of wolf spider only known from the western Sayan Mountains in Khakassia, Russia.

Acantholycosa spinembolus is a species of wolf spiders only known from the Kholzun Mountain Range in the Russian part of the Altai Mountains.

Acantholycosa sundukovi is a species of wolf spiders only known from Primorsky Krai, Russia.

Mongolicosa buryatica is a species of wolf spider only known from the eastern Sayan Mountains in Buryatia, Russia.

Mongolicosa mongolensis is a species of wolf spider only known from Gurvanbulag district, Bayankhongor Province, Mongolia.

Mongolicosa gobiensis is a species of wolf spider only known from a single female collected in Khürmen district, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia.

Mongolicosa songi is a species of wolf spider found in Xinjiang, China and adjacent areas of Mongolia.

Sibirocosa is a genus of wolf spiders containing seven species, all from Russia, mostly found from northeastern Siberia south to Primorsky Krai. Spiders of this genus are dark coloured and hairy with a body length of 5.25 - 7.25 mm.

Sibirocosa manchurica is a species of wolf spiders only known from Primorsky Krai, Russia.

Melecosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. Its lone species is found in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and China.

References

  1. Marusik, Yuri M.; Azarkina, Galina N.; Koponen, Seppo (2003) [2004]. "A Survey of East Palaearctic Lycosidae (Aranei). II. Acantholycosa F. Dahl, 1908 and related new genera" (PDF). Arthropoda Selecta. 12 (2): 101–148. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  2. Fomichev, Alexander A.; Marusik, Yuri M. (2017). "A survey of East Palaearctic Lycosidae (Araneae). 12. Two new Mongolicosa species from Mongolia". Zootaxa. 4221 (2): 233. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.2.7. ISSN   1175-5334.