Mongolicosa buryatica

Mongolicosa buryatica is a species of wolf spider only known from the eastern Sayan Mountains in Buryatia, Russia.

Mongolicosa buryatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Araneae
Superfamily:
Lycosoidea
Family:
Lycosidae
Genus:
Mongolicosa
Species:
M. buryatica
Binomial name
Mongolicosa buryatica
Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2003

This spider, up to 9 mm in length, is dark brown (but paler on the ventral side of the legs) and densely covered with long hairs (these are especially dense on the abdomen). The male is darker and hairier than the female with dark red markings. The female is uniformly dark brown apart from paler coxae and patellae.

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 2011-03-21.


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