Biology:Houcosa
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Houcosa is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae containing the single species, Houcosa zhaoi.[1]
Etymology
The genus name is a combination of 犼; hǒu (from the ancient mythical creature Golden-Haired Hou) and the common ending for wolf spider genera "-cosa". The species is named after Mr Wenqi Zhao (赵文琪; Zhào Wénqí), who collected it.[2]
The common names in Chinese are 犼蛛属; hǒuzhūshǔ for the genus, and 赵氏犼蛛; zhàoshì lángzhū.[2]
Distribution
Houcosa zhaoi has only been recorded from Guangxi in China.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Houcosa Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus-detail/6447/genus. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wang, L. Y.; Marusik, Y. M.; Zhang, Z. S. (2025). "Three new genera of wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) living on the forest floor in East Asia". ZooKeys (1239): 123–145. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1239.152834. PMID 40444070. Bibcode: 2025ZooK.1239..123W.
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