Acantholycosa is a genus of wolf spiders. Members of this genus can be distinguished from closely related genera by the presence of more than three pairs of ventral tibial spines on each front leg. All are found in Asia and Europe with the exception of Acantholycosa solituda, found in North America.

Acantholycosa
Acantholycosa lignaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Acantholycosa
Dahl, 1908
Species

Acantholycosa aborigenica
Acantholycosa altaiensis
Acantholycosa azheganovae
Acantholycosa azyuzini
Acantholycosa baltoroi
Acantholycosa dudkoromani
Acantholycosa dudkorum
Acantholycosa katunensis
Acantholycosa khakassica
Acantholycosa kurchumensis
Acantholycosa levinae
Acantholycosa lignaria
Acantholycosa logunovi
Acantholycosa mordkovitchi
Acantholycosa norvegica
Acantholycosa oligerae
Acantholycosa paraplumalis
Acantholycosa pedestris
Acantholycosa petrophila
Acantholycosa plumalis
Acantholycosa sayanensis
Acantholycosa solituda
Acantholycosa spinembolus
Acantholycosa sterneri
Acantholycosa sundukovi
Acantholycosa zinchenkoi

References

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  • Acantholycosa at Encyclopedia of Life
  • 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 2010-05-11.