Acantholycosa petrophila

Acantholycosa petrophila is a species of wolf spider only known from the western Sayan Mountains in Khakassia, Russia.

Acantholycosa petrophila
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A. petrophila
Binomial name
Acantholycosa petrophila
Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2003

This dark grey spider, up to 8.5 mm in length, can only be separated from its closest congener, Acantholycosa khakassica by details of the genitalia.

References

    • 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 2010-05-16.


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