''Allocosa'' is a
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of the wolf spider family,
Lycosidae
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 c ...
. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
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Species
, the World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...
accepted the following species:[
*'' Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, 1944) – South Australia
*'' Allocosa absoluta'' (Gertsch, 1934) – USA, Mexico
*'' Allocosa adolphifriederici'' (Strand, 1913) – Central, East Africa, Zanzibar
*'']Allocosa albiconspersa
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, 1944) – South ...
'' Roewer, 1959 – Rwanda
*''Allocosa albonotata
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus (biology), genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, ...
'' (Schmidt, 1895) – Russia
*'' Allocosa algoensis'' (Pocock, 1900) – South Africa
*'' Allocosa alticeps'' (Mello-Leitão, 1944) – Argentina
*''Allocosa apora
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus (biology), genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, ...
'' (Gertsch, 1934) – USA to Costa Rica
*''Allocosa aurata
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus (biology), genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, ...
'' (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
*''Allocosa aurichelis
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*'' Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, 1944) – South ...
'' Roewer, 1959 – South Africa
*''Allocosa bersabae
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus (biology), genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, ...
'' Roewer, 1959 – Namibia
*'' Allocosa biserialis'' Roewer, 1959 – Congo
*''Allocosa brasiliensis
''Allocosa brasiliensis'' is a burrowing wolf spider species from southern South America. Long known to science, it remained almost unstudied until its unusual sexual behavior was described in the early 21st century.BBC News 2011-APR-12Cannibal ...
'' (Petrunkevitch, 1910) – Brazil
*'' Allocosa caboverdensis'' Schmidt & Krause, 1995 – Cape Verde Is.
*'' Allocosa calamarica'' (Strand, 1914) – Colombia
*'' Allocosa cambridgei'' (Simon, 1876) – Turkey, Syria
*'' Allocosa chamberlini'' (Gertsch, 1934) – USA
*'' Allocosa clariventris'' (Guy, 1966) – Morocco
*'' Allocosa comotti'' (Thorell, 1887) – Myanmar
*'' Allocosa danneili'' (Dahl, 1908) – Bismarck Arch.
*'' Allocosa delagoa'' Roewer, 1959 – Mozambique
*'' Allocosa delesserti'' (Caporiacco, 1941) – Ethiopia
*'' Allocosa deserticola'' (Simon, 1898) – Egypt
*''Allocosa dingosaeformis
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*'' Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, 1944) – South ...
'' (Guy, 1966) – Morocco
*'' Allocosa dubia'' (Walckenaer, 1837) – Brazil
*'' Allocosa dufouri'' (Simon, 1876) – Portugal, Spain
*'' Allocosa edeala'' Roewer, 1959 – Cameroon
*'' Allocosa efficiens'' Roewer, 1959 – Congo, Rwanda
*'' Allocosa excusor'' (L. Koch, 1867) – Queensland
*'' Allocosa exserta'' Roewer, 1959 – Botswana, South Africa
*'' Allocosa faberrima'' (Simon, 1910) – Namibia
*'' Allocosa finkei'' (Hickman, 1944) – South Australia
*'' Allocosa flavisternis'' (L. Koch, 1877) – Queensland, New South Wales
*'' Allocosa floridiana'' (Chamberlin, 1908) – USA
*'' Allocosa funerea'' (Hentz, 1844) (type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ...
) – USA
*'' Allocosa furtiva'' (Gertsch, 1934) – USA
*'' Allocosa gabesia'' Roewer, 1959 – Tunisia
*'' Allocosa glochidea'' Roewer, 1959 – Namibia
*'' Allocosa gorontalensis'' (Merian, 1911) – Sulawesi
*'' Allocosa gracilitarsis'' (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
*'' Allocosa guianensis'' (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana
*'' Allocosa halei'' (Hickman, 1944) – Northern Territory
*'' Allocosa handschini'' (Schenkel, 1937) – Morocco
*'' Allocosa hasselti'' (L. Koch, 1877) – Queensland, South Australia
*''Allocosa hirsuta
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus (biology), genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, ...
'' (Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895) – Central, East Africa
*''Allocosa hostilis
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, 1944) – South ...
'' (L. Koch, 1877) – Fiji
*'' Allocosa hugonis'' (Strand, 1911) – Aru Is.
*''Allocosa illegalis
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus (biology), genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, ...
'' (Strand, 1906) – Ethiopia
*''Allocosa ituriana
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, 1944) – South ...
'' (Strand, 1913) – Central Africa
*'' Allocosa iturianella'' Roewer, 1959 – Kenya, Uganda
*'' Allocosa kalaharensis'' (Simon, 1910) – Namibia, South Africa
*'' Allocosa karissimbica'' (Strand, 1913) – Central, East Africa
*''Allocosa kazibana
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, 1944) – South ...
'' Roewer, 1959 – Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania
*'' Allocosa kulagini'' (Spassky, 1941) – Tajikistan
*'' Allocosa laetella'' (Strand, 1907) – Moluccas
*'' Allocosa lawrencei'' (Roewer, 1951) – South Africa
*'' Allocosa leucotricha'' Roewer, 1959 – Congo
*'' Allocosa lombokensis'' (Strand, 1913) – Lombok
*'' Allocosa mafensis'' (Lawrence, 1927) – Namibia
*'' Allocosa mahengea'' Roewer, 1959 – Tanzania
*'' Allocosa manmaka'' Roewer, 1960 – Afghanistan
*''Allocosa marindia
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, 1944) – South ...
'' Simó, Lise, Pompozzi & Laborda, 2017 – Brazil, Uruguay
*'' Allocosa maroccana'' Roewer, 1959 – Morocco
*''Allocosa marshalli
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, 1944) – South ...
'' (Pocock, 1901) – Zimbabwe
*'' Allocosa martinicensis'' (Strand, 1910) – Martinique
*'' Allocosa marua'' Roewer, 1959 – Cameroon
*'' Allocosa mascatensis'' (Simon, 1898) – Oman
*'' Allocosa mexicana'' (Banks, 1898) – Mexico
*'' Allocosa millica'' (Strand, 1906) – USA
*'' Allocosa mirabilis'' (Strand, 1906) – Ethiopia
*'' Allocosa mogadorensis'' (Simon, 1909) – Morocco
*'' Allocosa mokiensis'' Gertsch, 1934 – USA
*''Allocosa molicola
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus (biology), genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, ...
'' (Strand, 1906) – Ethiopia
*'' Allocosa montana'' Roewer, 1959 – Tanzania
*''Allocosa morelosiana
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*'' Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, 1944) – South ...
'' (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) – USA, Mexico
*'' Allocosa mossambica'' Roewer, 1959 – Mozambique
*'' Allocosa mossamedesa'' Roewer, 1959 – Angola
*'' Allocosa mulaiki'' (Gertsch, 1934) – USA
*'' Allocosa mutilata'' Mello-Leitão, 1937 – Brazil
*'' Allocosa nanahuensis'' (Badcock, 1932) – Paraguay
*'' Allocosa nebulosa'' Roewer, 1959 – Congo
*'' Allocosa nigella'' (Caporiacco, 1940) – Ethiopia
*''Allocosa nigripes
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus (biology), genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, ...
'' (Guy, 1966) – Morocco
*'' Allocosa nigriventris'' (Guy, 1966) – Morocco
*'' Allocosa nigrofulva'' (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
*'' Allocosa noctuabunda'' (Montgomery, 1904) – USA, Mexico
*'' Allocosa obscuroides'' (Strand, 1906) – Java, Australia
*'' Allocosa obturata'' (Lawrence, 1928) – Namibia
*'' Allocosa olivieri'' (Simon, 1876) – Syria, Israel
*'' Allocosa orinus'' (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru
*'' Allocosa otavia'' Roewer, 1959 – Namibia
*'' Allocosa palabunda'' (L. Koch, 1877) – Australia, New Caledonia
*'' Allocosa pallideflava'' (Lawrence, 1936) – Namibia
*''Allocosa panamena
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus (biology), genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, ...
'' Chamberlin, 1925 – Mexico to Ecuador
*'' Allocosa paraguayensis'' (Roewer, 1951) – Paraguay
*'' Allocosa pardala'' (Strand, 1909) – Brazil
*'' Allocosa parva'' (Banks, 1894) – USA to Costa Rica
*'' Allocosa parvivulva'' (Lawrence, 1927) – Namibia
*'' Allocosa pellita'' Roewer, 1960 – Afghanistan
*'' Allocosa perfecta'' Roewer, 1959 – Namibia
*'' Allocosa pistia'' (Strand, 1913) – Central, East Africa
*'' Allocosa plumipes'' Roewer, 1959 – Tanzania
*'' Allocosa pugnatrix'' (Keyserling, 1877) – Central America, West Indies
*'' Allocosa pulchella'' Roewer, 1959 – Namibia
*'' Allocosa pylora'' Chamberlin, 1925 – USA
*'' Allocosa quadrativulva'' (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
*'' Allocosa retenta'' (Gertsch & Wallace, 1935) – USA
*'' Allocosa ruwenzorensis'' (Strand, 1913) – East Africa
*'' Allocosa samoana'' (Roewer, 1951) – Samoa
*''Allocosa sangtoda
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, 1944) – South ...
'' Roewer, 1960 – Afghanistan
*''Allocosa schoenlandi
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus (biology), genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, ...
'' (Pocock, 1900) – South Africa
*'' Allocosa schubotzi'' (Strand, 1913) – Rwanda
*'' Allocosa sefrana'' (Schenkel, 1937) – Algeria
*'' Allocosa senex'' (Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
*'' Allocosa sennaris'' Roewer, 1959 – Sudan
*'' Allocosa sjostedti'' (Lessert, 1926) – East Africa, Rwanda
*'' Allocosa soluta'' (Tullgren, 1905) – Bolivia
*'' Allocosa sublata'' (Montgomery, 1902) – USA
*'' Allocosa subparva'' Dondale & Redner, 1983 – USA, Mexico
*'' Allocosa tagax'' (Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar
*''Allocosa tangana
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus (biology), genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, ...
'' Roewer, 1959 – Tanzania
*'' Allocosa tarentulina'' (Audouin, 1826) – North Africa
*'' Allocosa tenebrosa'' (Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar
*'' Allocosa testacea'' Roewer, 1959 – South Africa
*'' Allocosa thieli'' (Dahl, 1908) – Bismarck Arch.
*'' Allocosa tremens'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – North Africa
*'' Allocosa tuberculipalpa'' (Caporiacco, 1940) – Central, East Africa
*'' Allocosa umtalica'' (Purcell, 1903) – East, Southern Africa
*'' Allocosa utahana'' Dondale & Redner, 1983 – USA
*'' Allocosa venezuelica'' (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
*'' Allocosa veracruzana'' (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) – Mexico
*'' Allocosa wittei'' Roewer, 1959 – Congo
*''Allocosa yurae
''Allocosa'' is a spider genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The 130 or more recognized species are spread worldwide.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
*''Allocosa abmingani'' (Hickman, 1944) – South ...
'' (Strand, 1908) – Peru, Chile
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2098030
Lycosidae
Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
Taxa named by Nathan Banks