Wadicosa enucleata

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Pardosa Wolf Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Wadicosa
Species:
W. enucleata
Binomial name
Wadicosa enucleata
(Roewer, 1959) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pardosa enucleataRoewer, 1959

Wadicosa enucleata is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. [2] It is found in Africa and is commonly known as the Pardosa wolf spider. [3]

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Distribution

Wadicosa enucleata is found in Ivory Coast, Togo, Nigeria, Central Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa. [2] In South Africa, the species is known from Mpumalanga and Limpopo, with the type locality given only as "Ost-Transvaal" (Eastern Transvaal). [3]

Habitat and ecology

Wadicosa enucleata is a fast running ground spider. [3]

Description

Conservation

Wadicosa enucleata 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

Wadicosa enucleata was originally described by Roewer in 1959 as Pardosa enucleata. The species was revised by Roewer in 1959 and is known only from the female. In 2023, Kronestedt transferred the species to the genus Wadicosa. [1] [4] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Roewer, C.F. (1959). "Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae)". Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. De Witte. 55: 1–518.
  2. 1 2 "Wadicosa enucleata (Roewer, 1959)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 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 2 (L-Z). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 21. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324723. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ Kronestedt, T. (2023). "Species of Wadicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae): transfer of four species from Africa currently placed in Pardosa". Zootaxa. 5227 (5): 531–548. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5227.5.2. PMID   37044672.
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