Mongolicosa songi

Mongolicosa songi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lycosidae
Genus:	Mongolicosa
Species:	M. songi
Binomial name
Mongolicosa songi Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2003

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

This is a dirty-brown coloured spider up to 7.4 mm in length with few distinguishing markings apart from a faint heart-shaped mark on the abdomen. Its closest known relative is M. gobiensis , from which it can be distinguished only by details of the genitalia.

References

• Marusik, Yuri M.; Azarkina, Galina N.; Koponen, Seppo (2003). "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 2011-03-22.