Acantholycosa

Acantholycosa
Acantholycosa lignaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lycosidae
Genus:	Acantholycosa Dahl, 1908
Species
Acantholycosa aborigenica Acantholycosa altaiensis Acantholycosa azheganovae Acantholycosa azyuzini Acantholycosa baltoroi Acantholycosa dudkoromani Acantholycosa dudkorum Acantholycosa katunensis Acantholycosa khakassica Acantholycosa kurchumensis Acantholycosa levinae Acantholycosa lignaria Acantholycosa logunovi Acantholycosa mordkovitchi Acantholycosa norvegica Acantholycosa oligerae Acantholycosa paraplumalis Acantholycosa pedestris Acantholycosa petrophila Acantholycosa plumalis Acantholycosa sayanensis Acantholycosa solituda Acantholycosa spinembolus Acantholycosa sterneri Acantholycosa sundukovi Acantholycosa zinchenkoi

Acantholycosa is a genus of wolf spiders. Members of this genus can be distinguished from closely related genera by the presence of more than three pairs of ventral tibial spines on each front leg. All are found in Asia and Europe with the exception of Acantholycosa solituda, found in North America.

References

• Acantholycosa 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2010-05-11.