Alopecosa psammophila Buchar, 2001
Description
Prosoma red-brown, with slightly brighter marginal stripe and distinct median stripe. Male: with white, lyra-shaped spot, eye field black. Prosoma length female: 4.1-5.1 mm, prosoma length male: 4.3-4.5 mm. Sternum dark brown. Chelicerae black-brown. Legs light brown, with light yellow coxae. Femur grey-blackish, dorsally with black longitudinal spots. Opisthosoma light grey with vague pattern, ventrally light grey. Male: dorsally with 2 black longitudinal stripes.
Body length male: 8-8.5 mmBody length female: 7.7-10.5 mm
Additional information
In steppe, sand dunes. Genital morphology very similar to P. kalavrita
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Buchar 2001)
Tegular apophysis
(Buchar 2001)
Tegular apophysis
(Buchar 2001)
Habitus
(Buchar 2001)
Epigyne
(Buchar 2001)
Epigyne
(Buchar 2001)
Vulva
(Buchar 2001)
Distribution List
References
Alekseenko Y G (2019) [Zoogeographical analysis of araneophauna of steppous plots of the Ulyanovsk region with data on area expansing of several species]. Izvestiya of Saratov University (N. S.) Chemistry Biology Ecology 19: 223-229 
Buchar J (2001) Two new species of the genus Alopecosa (Araneae: Lycosidae) from south-eastern Europe. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica 45: 257-266
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Sas-Kovács É-H, Sas-Kovács I, Urák I (2015) Alopecosa psammophila Buchar, 2001 (Araneae: Lycosidae): morphometric data and first record for Romania. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39: 353-358
Szinetár C, Eichardt J, Horváth R (2005) Data on the biology of Alopecosa psammophila Buchar 2001 (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 33: 384-389
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2