Sibirocosa

Sibirocosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Superfamily:	Lycosoidea
Family:	Lycosidae
Genus:	Sibirocosa Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2003
Species
Sibirocosa alpina Sibirocosa kolymensis Sibirocosa manchurica Sibirocosa sibirica Sibirocosa subsolana

Sibirocosa is a genus of wolf spiders containing five species. Most of the species are found in eastern Russia from northeastern Siberia south to Primorsky Krai but one species S. alpina is found 2500 km away from any of its congeners in the vicinity of Almaty, Kazakhstan (it is possible this species may belong to another genus).

Spiders of this genus are dark coloured and hairy with a body length of 5.25 - 7.25 mm.

References

• Sibirocosa at Encyclopedia of Life
• 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.