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| Sinacosa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Subfamily: | Evippinae |
| Genus: | Sinacosa Wang, Lu & Zhang, 2023[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. gaoi Wang, Lu & Zhang, 2023 | |
| Species | |
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2, see text | |
Sinacosa is a genus of trapdoor-building wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae.[2]
It is the first trapdoor-building wolf spider reported from outside Australia. The genus resembles Xerolycosa.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Sinacosa is endemic to China.[2]
S. gaoi has been described from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Yunnan Province.[1] S. nangunheensis is known from Yunnan.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name is a combination of "sina" ("China") and the common wolf spider genus ending "-cosa".[1]
Species
[edit]As of January 2026[update], this genus includes two species:[2]
- Sinacosa gaoi Wang, Lu & Zhang, 2023 – China
- Sinacosa nangunheensis Wang, Yang & Zhang, 2025 – China
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Wang, L. Y.; Lu, Q. L.; Zhang, Z. S. (2023). "Sinacosa, a new trapdoor-building genus of Lycosidae (Araneae) from China". Acta Arachnologica Sinica. 32 (1): 1–7. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2023.01.001.
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Sinacosa Wang, Lu & Zhang, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ↑ Wang, L. Y.; Yang, Z. Z.; Zhang, Z. S. (2025). "The second trapdoor-building species of wolf spider from China (Araneae, Lycosidae)". Acta Arachnologica Sinica. 34 (1): 28–32. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2025.01.005.
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