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| Tropicosa | |
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| T. moesta in Argentina | |
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| T. thorelli in Colombia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Subfamily: | Lycosinae |
| Genus: | Tropicosa Paredes-Munguia, Brescovit & Teixeira, 2023[1] |
| Type species | |
| Lycosa moesta Holmberg, 1876 | |
| Species | |
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Distribution
[edit]Tropicosa occurs in South America, with its range extending from Colombia in the north through Peru and Brazil in the central regions to Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina in the south.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name is a combination of "tropic", referring to the neotropical distribution of its species, and the common wolf spider genus ending "-cosa".[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Three species were transferred to the newly erected genus from Lycosa, Alopecosa, and Schizocosa.[2]
Species
[edit]As of January 2026[update], this genus includes four species:[2]
- Tropicosa baguala Paredes-Munguia, Brescovit & Teixeira, 2023 – Brazil
- Tropicosa chelifasciata (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Peru, Brazil
- Tropicosa moesta (Holmberg, 1876) – Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
- Tropicosa thorelli (Keyserling, 1877) – Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
References
[edit]- 1 2 Paredes-Munguía, W.; Brescovit, A. D.; Teixeira, R. A. (2023). "Tidying things up: Tropicosa, a new Neotropical wolf spider genus (Araneae: Lycosidae: Lycosinae)". Zootaxa. 5228 (4): 351–393. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5228.4.1. PMID 37044647.
- 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Tropicosa Paredes-Munguia, Brescovit & Teixeira, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
External links
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