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Acantholycosa sayanensis

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Acantholycosa sayanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Acantholycosa
Species:
A. sayanensis
Binomial name
Acantholycosa sayanensis

Acantholycosa sayanensis is a species of wolf spiders found only in the Western Sayan Mountains in Russia.

This dark coloured spider with rather indistinct markings is 8.5 mm in length. It can only be separated from its closest congeners by details of the genitalia.

References

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  • 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 2010-05-15.