''Acantholycosa dudkoromani'' is a species of

wolf spider Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae (). They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and do not spin webs. Some are opportunistic hunters, pouncing upon prey as they find it or ...

only known from high in the south-eastern Altai Mountains in

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. This spider is around 9 mm in length. It is dark brown with a black head and yellow-brown spots on the upper legs. It is very similar to ''

Acantholycosa dudkorum ''Acantholycosa dudkorum'' is a species of wolf spider only known from the south-central Altai Mountains in Russia. This spider is up to 9.8 mm in length. It is dark brown with a black head and yellow-brown spots on the upper legs. It is v ...

'' and they may be

conspecific Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species. Biochemist Linus Pauling stated that "Biological specificity is the set of characteristics of living organis ...

References

* Lycosidae Spiders described in 2003 Spiders of Russia {{Lycosidae-stub