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Brush-legged Spiders
Schizocosa
Schizocosa is a genus of wolf spiders (family Lycosidae) containing 56 species (as of 2025), distributed in North and South America, Africa, and East and Southeast Asia.
56 branches of this genus, most-observed first
lance wolf spider
speciesSchizocosa avida
McCook's Split Wolf Spider
speciesSchizocosa mccooki
Brush-legged Split Wolf Spider
speciesSchizocosa ocreata
Schizocosa malitiosa
speciesSchizocosa malitiosa
Schizocosa maxima
speciesSchizocosa maxima
Schizocosa retrorsa
speciesSchizocosa retrorsa
Schizocosa rovneri
speciesSchizocosa rovneri
Schizocosa minnesotensis
speciesSchizocosa minnesotensis
Schizocosa perplexa
speciesSchizocosa perplexa
Schizocosa ceratiola
speciesSchizocosa ceratiola
Schizocosa crassipes
speciesSchizocosa crassipes
Schizocosa tristani
speciesSchizocosa tristani
Schizocosa saltatrix
speciesSchizocosa saltatrix
Schizocosa bilineata
speciesSchizocosa bilineata
Schizocosa aulonia
speciesSchizocosa aulonia
Schizocosa salsa
speciesSchizocosa salsa
Schizocosa uetzi
speciesSchizocosa uetzi
Schizocosa crassipalpata
speciesSchizocosa crassipalpata
Schizocosa stridulans
speciesSchizocosa stridulans
Schizocosa floridana
speciesSchizocosa floridana
Schizocosa communis
speciesSchizocosa communis
Schizocosa humilis
speciesSchizocosa humilis
Schizocosa obscoena
speciesSchizocosa obscoena
Schizocosa mimula
speciesSchizocosa mimula
Schizocosa tamae
speciesSchizocosa tamae
Schizocosa duplex
speciesSchizocosa duplex
Schizocosa arua
speciesSchizocosa arua
Schizocosa fragilis
speciesSchizocosa fragilis
Schizocosa minahassae
speciesSchizocosa minahassae
Schizocosa hebes
speciesSchizocosa hebes
Schizocosa parricida
speciesSchizocosa parricida
Schizocosa rubiginea
speciesSchizocosa rubiginea
Schizocosa chiricahua
speciesSchizocosa chiricahua
Schizocosa incerta
speciesSchizocosa incerta
Schizocosa puebla
speciesSchizocosa puebla
Schizocosa segregata
speciesSchizocosa segregata
Schizocosa cotabatoana
speciesSchizocosa cotabatoana
Schizocosa cecili
speciesSchizocosa cecili
Schizocosa salara
speciesSchizocosa salara
Schizocosa subpersonata
speciesSchizocosa subpersonata
Schizocosa astuta
speciesSchizocosa astuta
Schizocosa interjecta
speciesSchizocosa interjecta
Schizocosa venusta
speciesSchizocosa venusta
Schizocosa ehni
speciesSchizocosa ehni
Schizocosa conspicua
speciesSchizocosa conspicua
Schizocosa serranoi
speciesSchizocosa serranoi
Schizocosa darlingi
speciesSchizocosa darlingi
Schizocosa semiargentea
speciesSchizocosa semiargentea
Schizocosa concolor
speciesSchizocosa concolor
Schizocosa hewitti
speciesSchizocosa hewitti
Schizocosa minor
speciesSchizocosa minor
Schizocosa pilipes
speciesSchizocosa pilipes
Schizocosa tenera
speciesSchizocosa tenera
Schizocosa vulpecula
speciesSchizocosa vulpecula
Schizocosa cespitum
speciesSchizocosa cespitum
Schizocosa altamontis
speciesSchizocosa altamontis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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