Biology:Mongolicosa

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Mongolicosa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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]


References

  1. 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". Arthropoda Selecta 12 (2): 101–148. http://szmn.sbras.ru/persons/azarkina/Marusik_et_al2004Acantholycosa_AS.pdf. 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. PMID 28187662. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2059875 entry