Sinacosa

Sinacosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Subfamily: Evippinae
Genus: Sinacosa
Wang, Lu & Zhang, 2023
Type species
S. gaoi
Wang, Lu & Zhang, 2023
Species

2, see text

Sinacosa is a genus of trapdoor-building wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae.

It is the first trapdoor-building wolf spider reported from outside Australia. The genus resembles Xerolycosa.

Distribution

Sinacosa is endemic to China.

S. gaoi has been described from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Yunnan Province. S. nangunheensis is known from Yunnan.

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of "sina" ("China") and the common wolf spider genus ending "-cosa".

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes two species:

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Sinacosa Wang, Lu & Zhang, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
  3. ↑ 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.