Lycosidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Acantholycosa  Dahl, 1908   4 species

Acantholycosa norvegica  (Thorell, 1872)

Description

Prosoma almost black. Sternum black. Legs dark brown, distinctly spotted or annulated. Tarsus I dorsally without especially long bristle. Opisthosoma almost black with yellowish hairs.

Body length male: 6-7 mm
Body length female: 7.5-9 mm
Additional information

On rocks above timberline

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Records in Central Europe (incl. Vosges and Carpathians) and the Alps are interpreted as A. norvegica sudetica (Thaler & Buchar 1994).
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
Phenology
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Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Norway   (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Russia, Eastern   (no references) ||| Russia, Northern   (no references) ||| Russia, Western   (no references) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) |||
References

Aadland B (unpubl.) .

Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 pdf

Dahl M (1937) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, VIII: Hahniidae, Argyronetidae. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 33: 100-118 pdf

Fuhn I E, Niculescu-Burlacu F (1971) Fam. Lycosidae. Fauna Republicii Socialiste România (Arachnida) 5 (3): 1-253 pdf

Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin pdf

Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm pdf

Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001] pdf

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Thaler K, Buchar J (1994) Die Wolfspinnen von Österreich 1: Gattungen Acantholycosa, Alopecosa, Lycosa (Arachnida: Araneida: Lycosidae). Faunistisch-tiergeographische Übersicht. Carinthia II 184/104: 357-375 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
09-11-2022 Image insert
01-12-2015 Image insert
18-11-2015 Distribution update Detail