Mongolicosa
| Mongolicosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Superfamily: | Lycosoidea |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Mongolicosa Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2003 |
| Species | |
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Mongolicosa buryatica | |
Mongolicosa is a genus of wolf spiders containing six 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.
References
- Mongolicosa at Encyclopedia of Life
- 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.
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