Asiacosa
| Asiacosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Asiacosa Logunov, 2023[1] |
| Type species | |
| Lycosa asiatica Sytshevskaja, 1980
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| Species | |
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Asiacosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae.[2]
Distribution
Asiacosa occurs across Central Asia, with one species endemic to Egypt.[2]
Etymology
The genus name is a combination of Asia and the common lycosid genus ending "-cosa".
Species
As of January 2026, this genus includes five species:[2]
- Asiacosa ambigua (Denis, 1947) – Egypt
- Asiacosa babatagh Logunov, 2023 – Uzbekistan
- Asiacosa krivokhatskyi Logunov, 2025 – Turkmenistan
- Asiacosa kulagini (Spassky, 1941) – Tajikistan
- Asiacosa ovchinnikovi Logunov, 2025 – Tajikistan
References
- ^ Logunov, D. V. (2023). "Further notes on the fossorial wolf spiders of Middle Asia and the Near East (Aranei: Lycosidae)". Arthropoda Selecta. 32: 475–512. doi:10.15298/arthsel.32.4.12.
- ^ a b c "Gen. Asiacosa Logunov, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-19.