Acantholycosa petrophila

Acantholycosa petrophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Superfamily:	Lycosoidea
Family:	Lycosidae
Subfamily:	Pardosinae
Genus:	Acantholycosa
Species:	A. petrophila
Binomial name
Acantholycosa petrophila Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2003

Acantholycosa petrophila is a species of wolf spider only known from the western Sayan Mountains in Khakassia, Russia.

This dark grey spider, up to 8.5 mm in length, can only be separated from its closest congener, Acantholycosa khakassica by details of the genitalia.

References

• Marusik, Yuri M.; Azarkina, Galina N.; Koponen, Seppo (2003). "A Survey of East Palaearctic Lycosidae (Aranei). II. Acantholycosa F. Dahl, 1908 and related new genera" (PDF). Arthropoda Selecta. 12 (2): 101–148. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2010-05-16.