Lycosidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Caspicosa  Ponomarev, 2007   1 species

Caspicosa manytchensis Ponomarev, 2007

Description
Male

Prosoma length: 2.75 mm, prosoma width: 1.8 mm.

Body length male: 5.7 mm
Female

Prosoma length: 3.15-3.25 mm, prosoma width: 2.3-2.5 mm.

Body length female: 6.0-6.8 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Russia (Europe, West Siberia)
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Distribution List
Russia, Central   (Alekseenko, 2019) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Vlasov, 2021) ||| Russia, Southern   (Esyunin et al., 2020b; Ponomarev, 2022) |||
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 pdf

Esyunin S L, Vlasov S V (2021) [Remarks to the fauna and biotopic distribution of spiders in the Talovskaya steppe]. In: Steppes of Northern Eurasia. Proceedings of the IX international symposium. OSU Publishing House, Orenburg. pp. 300-304 pdf

Esyunin S L, Vlassov J P, Ponomarev A V (2020b) Taxonomic remarks on the genus Caspicosa Ponomarev, 2007 (Aranei: Lycosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 29: 273-282 pdf

Ponomarev A V (2007b) New taxa of spiders (Aranei) from the south of Russia and western Kazakhstan. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 3: 87-95 pdf

Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp. pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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