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Alopecosa
Alopecosa is a spider genus in the family Lycosidae (wolf spiders), with about 160 species. They have a largely Eurasian distribution, although some species are found in North Africa and North America.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Alopecosa pulverulenta
complexAlopecosa pulverulenta
Koch's Wolf Spider
speciesAlopecosa kochi
Alopecosa inquilina
speciesAlopecosa inquilina
Easter Fox Spider
speciesAlopecosa barbipes
Alopecosa cursor
complexAlopecosa cursor
Great Fox-Spider
speciesAlopecosa fabrilis
Alopecosa farinosa
speciesAlopecosa farinosa
Alopecosa leonhardii
speciesAlopecosa leonhardii
Alopecosa licenti
speciesAlopecosa licenti
Alopecosa albostriata
speciesAlopecosa albostriata
Alopecosa nigricans
speciesAlopecosa nigricans
Alopecosa hirtipes
speciesAlopecosa hirtipes
Alopecosa taeniopus
speciesAlopecosa taeniopus
Alopecosa striatipes
speciesAlopecosa striatipes
Painted Wolf Spider
speciesAlopecosa pictilis
Alopecosa schmidti
speciesAlopecosa schmidti
Alopecosa cinnameopilosa
speciesAlopecosa cinnameopilosa
Alopecosa exasperans
speciesAlopecosa exasperans
Alopecosa marikovskyi
speciesAlopecosa marikovskyi
Alopecosa laciniosa
speciesAlopecosa laciniosa
Alopecosa sulzeri
speciesAlopecosa sulzeri
Alopecosa beckeri
speciesAlopecosa beckeri
Alopecosa fedotovi
speciesAlopecosa fedotovi
Alopecosa mariae
speciesAlopecosa mariae
Alopecosa moriutii
speciesAlopecosa moriutii
Alopecosa talgarensis
speciesAlopecosa talgarensis
Alopecosa krynickii
speciesAlopecosa krynickii
Alopecosa solitaria
speciesAlopecosa solitaria
Alopecosa cronebergi
speciesAlopecosa cronebergi
Alopecosa koponeni
speciesAlopecosa koponeni
Alopecosa xinjiangensis
speciesAlopecosa xinjiangensis
Alopecosa longicymbia
speciesAlopecosa longicymbia
Alopecosa auripilosa
speciesAlopecosa auripilosa
Alopecosa hui
speciesAlopecosa hui
Alopecosa kovblyuki
speciesAlopecosa kovblyuki
Alopecosa solivaga
speciesAlopecosa solivaga
Alopecosa alpicola
speciesAlopecosa alpicola
Alopecosa cedroensis
speciesAlopecosa cedroensis
Alopecosa kaplanovi
speciesAlopecosa kaplanovi
Alopecosa nagpag
speciesAlopecosa nagpag
Alopecosa oahuensis
speciesAlopecosa oahuensis
Alopecosa psammophila
speciesAlopecosa psammophila
Alopecosa kasakhstanica
speciesAlopecosa kasakhstanica
Alopecosa mutabilis
speciesAlopecosa mutabilis
Alopecosa dryada
speciesAlopecosa dryada
Alopecosa edax
speciesAlopecosa edax
Alopecosa ermolaevi
speciesAlopecosa ermolaevi
Alopecosa fulvastra
speciesAlopecosa fulvastra
Alopecosa gachangensis
speciesAlopecosa gachangensis
Alopecosa fuerteventurensis
speciesAlopecosa fuerteventurensis
Alopecosa gomerae
speciesAlopecosa gomerae
Alopecosa grancanariensis
speciesAlopecosa grancanariensis
Alopecosa gracilis
speciesAlopecosa gracilis
Alopecosa hamata
speciesAlopecosa hamata
Alopecosa hermiguensis
speciesAlopecosa hermiguensis
Alopecosa himalayaensis
speciesAlopecosa himalayaensis
Alopecosa hingganica
speciesAlopecosa hingganica
Alopecosa hirta
speciesAlopecosa hirta
Alopecosa hokkaidensis
speciesAlopecosa hokkaidensis
Alopecosa hoevelsi
speciesAlopecosa hoevelsi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 143471.