Asiacosa

Asiacosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Asiacosa
Logunov, 2023
Type species
Lycosa asiatica
Sytshevskaja, 1980
Species

5, see text

Asiacosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae.

Distribution

Asiacosa occurs across Central Asia, with one species endemic to Egypt.

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:

References

  1. ↑ Logunov, D. V. (2023). "Further notes on the fossorial wolf spiders of Middle Asia and the Near East (Aranei: Lycosidae)". Arthropoda Selecta. 32 (4): 475–512. doi:10.15298/arthsel.32.4.12.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Asiacosa Logunov, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-19.