Acantholycosa spinembolus

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

Acantholycosa spinembolus is a species of wolf spiders only known from the Kholzun Mountain Range in the Russian part of the Altai Mountains.

This is a dark-coloured spider up to 7.5 mm in length. The carapace and abdomen are plain and unmarked but the legs have distinctive pale rings. This species can only be distinguished 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.