Alopecosa

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Alopecosa

A. accentuata?

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Lycosidae
Genus:	Alopecosa Simon, 1885

Diversity

141 species

Species

A. accentuata
A. albostriata
A. auripilosa
A. cinnameopilosa
A. cuneata
A. cursor
A. curtohirta
A. fabrilis
A. hamata
A. hingganica
A. hokkaidensis
A. huabanna
A. inquilina
A. kochi
A. licenti
A. moriutii
A. ovalis
A. pictilis
A. pulverulenta
A. schmidti
A. sibirica
A. striatipes
A. trabalis
A. xilinensis
many more

Alopecosa is a spider genus in the family Lycosidae, wolf spiders, with about 140 species and several subspecies.

Most species grow up to 2cm. Alopecosa females make a burrow in which they deposit their egg sac. The female then stays in the burrow guarding the sac until the eggs hatch.

In Germany, there are about 15 described species. There is at least one in the United States.

They favor dry climates.