Acantholycosa sayanensis

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

Acantholycosa sayanensis is a species of wolf spider found only in the Western Sayan Mountains in Russia.

This dark coloured spider with rather indistinct markings is 8.5 mm in length. It can only be separated from its closest congeners 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.