Mongolicosa is a genus of wolf spiders containing eight species found in central Asia from the Altai Mountains east to western Buryatia and south to Xinjiang and the Gobi Desert.

Mongolicosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Mongolicosa
Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2003[1]
Type species
Mongolicosa glupovi
Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2003
Species

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Spiders of this genus are dark coloured without any clear patterning. Body length is from 6 - 9.2 mm. The legs are relatively short compared with spiders of the related genera Acantholycosa and Sibirocosa.

Species

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The genus Mongolicosa contains the following species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Marusik, Yuri M.; Azarkina, Galina N.; Koponen, Seppo (2003) [2004]. "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 2011-03-21.
  2. ^ Fomichev, Alexander A.; Marusik, Yuri M. (2017). "A survey of East Palaearctic Lycosidae (Araneae). 12. Two new Mongolicosa species from Mongolia". Zootaxa. 4221 (2): 233. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.2.7. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 28187662.