Alopecosa

Taxobox
name = "Alopecosa"


image_caption = female "A. fabrilis"
image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Lycosidae
genus = "Alopecosa"
genus_authority = Simon, 1885
diversity_link = List of Lycosidae species#Alopecosa
diversity = 142 species
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "A. accentuata"
"A. albostriata"
"A. auripilosa"
"A. cinnameopilosa"
"A. cuneata"
"A. cursor"
"A. curtohirta"
"A. fabrilis"
"A. hamata"
"A. hingganica"
"A. hokkaidensis"
"A. huabanna"
"A. inquilina"
"A. kochi"
"A. licenti"
"A. moriutii"
"A. ovalis"
"A. pictilis"
"A. pulverulenta"
"A. schmidti"
"A. sibirica"
"A. striatipes"
"A. thaleri"
"A. trabalis"
"A. xilinensis"
"many more"

"Alopecosa" is a spider genus in the family Lycosidae, wolf spiders, with about 140 species and several subspecies.

Most species grow up to 2 cm. "Alopecosa" females make a burrow in which they deposit their egg sac. The female then stays in the burrow guarding the sac until the eggs hatch.

In Germany, there are about 15 described species. There is at least one in the United States.

They favor dry climates.

References

* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".

External links

* [http://www.oeko-msc.de/ALOPECOSA-ACCENTUATA_2.jpgPicture of "A. accentuata"]
* (2000): Two new species of the genus "Alopecosa" Simon (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Inner Mongolia, China. "Zoological Studies" 39(2): 133-137. [http://www.sinica.edu.tw/zool/zoolstud/39.2/133-137.pdf PDF]