araneae - Alopecosa

Lycosidae: Alopecosa Simon, 1885

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General remark for both sexes: Two basic dorsal opisthosomal patterns can be distinguished: type A (right) and type B (left).

Males

Habitus
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

Females

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(1)

Opisthosoma ventrally black

Opisthosoma ventrally yellowish or reddish yellow

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(2)

Anterior cheliceral furrow margin with blunt projection; prosoma with distinct longitudinal stripe; tarsus with grey scopula

Anterior cheliceral furrow margin without blunt projection; prosoma at most with indistinct longitudinal stripe; tegular apophysis big, ± quadrangular; dorsal pattern of opisthosoma similar to type B

Alopecosa sulzeri (Pavesi, 1873)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Loksa 1972)
Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Tegular apophysis (Loksa 1972)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

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(3)

Tegular apophysis distally bent at right angle

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)

Tegular apophysis different

5
(4)

Tegular apophysis with robust tooth, straightly truncated distally; dorsal pattern like type B

Alopecosa fabrilis (Clerck, 1757)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp (Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp in detail (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Median apophysis, prolateral view (Wiebes 1959)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

Tegular apophysis distally pointed

Alopecosa inquilina (Clerck, 1757)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp (Roberts 1998)	Pedipalp (Loksa 1972)
Median apophysis, prolateral view (Wiebes 1959)	Tegular apophysis (Loksa 1972)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

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Tegular apophysis with straight and parallel margins; opisthosomal pattern like type B

Alopecosa striatipes (C. L. Koch, 1839)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp (Roberts 1998)	Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

Anterior margin of tegular apophysis bent, merging with posterior margin

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Tegular apophysis slantingly truncated distally

Alopecosa mariae (Dahl, 1908)

Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Loksa 1972)
Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Tegular apophysis (Loksa 1972)
Tegular apophysis (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

Terminal apophysis not visible or lacking; opisthosoma with dorsal pattern like type B

Alopecosa schmidti (Hahn, 1835)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Loksa 1972)
Pedipalp (Azheganova 1968)	Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Tegular apophysis and apical part, retrolateral view (Buchar 2001)	Tegular apophysis (Loksa 1972)
Tegular apophysis (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

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(2)

Spinnerets dark brown to black; body pattern like type A

Habitus
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

Spinnerets yellowish; longitudinal stripe on prosoma lacking or very indistinct

9
(8)

Tibia I distinctly thickened and darker than remaining segments; pedipalp as fig.

Alopecosa cuneata (Clerck, 1757)

Pedipalp (Wiebes 1959)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp, ventral view (Locket & Millidge 1951)	Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp (Roberts 1998)	Embolus (Kronestedt 1990)	Tegular apophysis (Loksa 1972)
Leg I (Locket & Millidge 1951)	Tibia I (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Tibia I (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

Tibia I not strikingly thickened

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Prosoma with distinct, broad, continuous longitudinal stripe; distal process of tegular apophysis straight

Alopecosa trabalis (Clerck, 1757)

Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp (Roberts 1998)	Tegular apophysis, frontal view (Roberts 1998)
Tegular apophysis (Loksa 1972)	Tegular apophysis (Loksa 1972)	Sternum (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

Prosoma with narrow, continuous longitudinal stripe; if broken, then stripe indistinct

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(10)

Longitudinal stripe on prosoma hardly visible or lacking; sternum brown; pedipalp as fig.

Alopecosa aculeata (Clerck, 1757)

Pedipalp (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp (Roberts 1998)
Embolus (Kronestedt 1990)	Tegular apophysis, frontal view (Roberts 1998)	Tegular apophysis (Loksa 1972)
Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

Longitudinal stripe on prosoma distinct; sternum brown with bright median area; pedipalp as fig.

Alopecosa pulverulenta (Clerck, 1757)

Pedipalp (Azheganova 1968)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp, ventral view (Locket & Millidge 1951)	Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp (Roberts 1998)	Embolus (Kronestedt 1990)	Tegular apophysis, frontal view (Roberts 1998)
Tegular apophysis (Loksa 1972)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

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Prosoma without longitudinal stripes

Prosoma with not very distinct longitudinal stripes; tegular apophysis as fig.; dorsal pattern like type B

Alopecosa farinosa (Herman, 1879)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Loksa 1972)
Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Median apophysis, prolateral view (Wiebes 1959)
Tegular apophysis (Loksa 1972)	Habitus (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)

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Dorsal pattern like type A; scopula on tarsi grey; pedipalp as fig.

Alopecosa pinetorum (Thorell, 1856)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Habitus (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)

Dorsal pattern like type B

Habitus
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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Prosoma length 2.7-3.4 mm; tegular apophysis as fig.

Alopecosa cursor (Hahn, 1831)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Loksa 1972)
Pedipalp (Azheganova 1968)	Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp (Roberts 1998)	Median apophysis, prolateral view (Wiebes 1959)	Tegular apophysis (Loksa 1972)
Tegular apophysis (Loksa 1972)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

Prosoma length 5.0-5.9 mm; tegular apophysis as fig.

Alopecosa solitaria (Herman, 1879)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Loksa 1972)
Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Tegular apophysis (Loksa 1972)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

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(1)

Median epigynal part anchor-shaped; opisthosoma ventrally black

Epigyne
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)

Median part of epigyne different

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Anterior epigynal pocket narrow; median epigynal part with deep longitudinal groove; dorsal pattern like type B

Alopecosa inquilina (Clerck, 1757)

Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Epigyne (Roberts 1998)
Epigyne (Loksa 1972)	Epigyne (Wiebes 1959)	Vulva (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Vulva (Loksa 1972)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

Anterior epigynal pocket wide; median epigynal part without depression; dorsal pattern like type B

Alopecosa fabrilis (Clerck, 1757)

Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Epigyne (Roberts 1998)
Epigyne (Locket & Millidge 1951)	Epigyne (Wiebes 1959)	Vulva, ventral view (Noflatscher 1993)
Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

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Median epigynal part longer than wide; anterior part of median epigynal part larger (or equal) than posterior part of median epigynal part; opisthosoma ventrally yellowish brown

Epigyne
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)

Median epigynal part as long as wide or wider than long; anterior epigynal part very small or lacking

Epigyne
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)

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Spinnerets dark brown; dorsal pattern like type A

Habitus
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

Spinnerets yellowish; epigyne and vulva as figs.; dorsal pattern like type B

Alopecosa pinetorum (Thorell, 1856)

Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Vulva (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)

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Anterior part of median epigynal part wide and distinctly widened anteriorly; vulva as fig.

Alopecosa pulverulenta (Clerck, 1757)

Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Epigyne (Roberts 1998)
Epigyne (Loksa 1972)	Epigyne (Locket & Millidge 1951)	Epigyne (Wiebes 1959)
Epigyne (Locket et al. 1974)	Vulva (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Vulva (Loksa 1972)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

Anterior part of median epigynal part narrow, its margins parallel or only slightly diverging anteriorly

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Lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma indistinct or missing; margins of anterior part of median epigynal part parallel; vulva as fig.

Alopecosa aculeata (Clerck, 1757)

Coxa I (Roberts 1998)	Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Epigyne (Roberts 1998)	Epigyne (Loksa 1972)	Vulva (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Vulva (Loksa 1972)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

Lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma distinctly visible, not interrupted and broad

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Sclerotised epigynal region and vulva as figs.

Alopecosa trabalis (Clerck, 1757)

Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Epigyne (Roberts 1998)
Epigyne (Loksa 1972)	Epigyne (Wiebes 1959)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Habitus (Loksa 1972)	Sternum (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

Sclerotised epigynal region and vulva as figs.

Alopecosa cuneata (Clerck, 1757)

Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Epigyne (Roberts 1998)
Epigyne (Loksa 1972)	Epigyne (Locket & Millidge 1951)	Epigyne (Wiebes 1959)
Epigyne (Locket et al. 1974)	Vulva (Azheganova 1968)	Vulva (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Vulva (Loksa 1972)	Habitus (Azheganova 1968)
Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

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Opisthosoma ventrally yellow or reddish yellow; spinnerets yellow or yellowish brown; lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma indistinct or lacking

Opisthosoma ventrally black; spinnerets brown or blackish; lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma distinct

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Prosoma length smaller or equal 5.1 mm; lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma lacking or consisting of bright indistinct spots; dorsal pattern like type B ± distinct

Habitus
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

Prosoma length 5.6-7.5 mm; epigyne and vulva as fig.; lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma not very distinct, mostly broken into a row of spots; dorsal pattern like type B, not very distinct

Alopecosa solitaria (Herman, 1879)

Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Epigyne (Loksa 1972)
Epigyne (Loksa 1972)	Vulva (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Vulva (Loksa 1972)	Vulva (Loksa 1972)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

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Median epigynal part trapezoid; sclerotised epigynal region anteriorly wider than posteriorly; vulva as fig.

Alopecosa farinosa (Herman, 1879)

Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Epigyne (Loksa 1972)
Epigyne (Wiebes 1959)	Vulva (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Vulva (Loksa 1972)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Habitus (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)

Median epigynal part pentagonal; sclerotised epigynal region and vulva as figs.

Alopecosa cursor (Hahn, 1831)

Epigyne/vulva, ventral view (Noflatscher 1993)	Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Epigyne (Roberts 1998)	Epigyne (Loksa 1972)	Epigyne/vulva, ventral view (Noflatscher 1993)
Vulva (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Vulva (Loksa 1972)
Vulva (Wiebes 1959)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

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Lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma indistinct; median epigynal part almost as wide as long; anterior epigynal pockets distinctly separated by median epigynal part, its margins merging with margins of epigynal pockets; vulva as fig.

Alopecosa sulzeri (Pavesi, 1873)

Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Epigyne (Loksa 1972)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Vulva (Loksa 1972)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

High alpine species, difficult to distinguish

Alopecosa alpicola (Simon, 1876)

Epigyne
(Wiehle 1967)

Vulva
(Wiehle 1967)

Lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma distinct; median epigynal part distinctly wider than long; anterior epigynal pockets simple or divided, margins of median epigynal part not merging with margins of epigynal pockets

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Anterior epigynal pocket simple; anterior median epigynal part very short

Two anterior epigynal pockets, wide and touching each other; anterior median epigynal part half as wide as posterior median epigynal part; ratio width : length of median epigynal part 1.6

Alopecosa striatipes (C. L. Koch, 1839)

Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Epigyne (Roberts 1998)
Vulva (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

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Median epigynal part round, somewhat wider than long

Alopecosa schmidti (Hahn, 1835)

Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Epigyne (Loksa 1972)
Vulva (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Vulva (Loksa 1972)
Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

Median epigynal part at least twice as wide as long

Alopecosa mariae (Dahl, 1908)

Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Epigyne (Loksa 1972)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Vulva (Loksa 1972)	Habitus (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

Further taxa

1. Alopecosa albofasciata (Brullé, 1832)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Lecigne 2011)
Pedipalp, ventral view (Lecigne 2011)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Wunderlich 2023)	Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Vulva (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Vulva (Jansen unpubl.)	Opisthosoma, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)

2. Alopecosa albostriata (Grube, 1861)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Esyunin 1996)	Embolus (Esyunin 1996)	Tegular apophysis (Esyunin 1996)
Epigyne, ventral view (Esyunin 1996)	Vulva (Esyunin 1996)

3. Alopecosa alpicola soriculata (Simon, 1876)

-- Caption missing --
(WSC 2024)

4. Alopecosa alpicola vidua (Simon, 1937)

-- Caption missing --
(WSC 2024)

5. Alopecosa atis Caporiacco, 1949

Epigyne (Caporiacco 1949b)	Epigyne (Roewer 1960c)	Habitus, dorsal view (Roewer 1960c)

6. Alopecosa azsheganovae Esyunin, 1996

Pedipalp, ventral view (Azarkina et al. 2015)	Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Azarkina et al. 2015)	Pedipalp, prolateral view (Ponomarev et al. 2024b)
Pedipalp, ventral view (Ponomarev et al. 2024b)	Bulbus, ventral view (Ponomarev et al. 2024b)	Bulbus, ventro-retrolateral view (Ponomarev et al. 2024b)
Epigyne, ventral view (Esyunin 1996)	Epigyne, ventral view (Azarkina et al. 2015)	Epigyne, ventral view (Azarkina et al. 2015)
Vulva (Esyunin 1996)	Vulva, dorsal view (Azarkina et al. 2015)	Vulva, dorsal view (Azarkina et al. 2015)
Vulva, dorsal view (Azarkina et al. 2015)

7. Alopecosa barbipes (Sundevall, 1833)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Locket & Millidge 1951)	Pedipalp (Roberts 1998)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lecigne 2016d)
Pedipalp, ventral view (Løvbrekke unpubl.)	Embolus (Løvbrekke unpubl.)	Median apophysis, prolateral view (Wiebes 1959)
Tegular apophysis (Løvbrekke unpubl.)	Leg I (Locket & Millidge 1951)	Leg I (Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Leg I, lateral view (Canard & Cruveillier 2019)	Epigyne (Roberts 1998)	Epigyne (Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne (Wiebes 1959)	Epigyne, ventral view (Løvbrekke unpubl.)	Epigyne, detail, ventral view (Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view (Løvbrekke unpubl.)	Vulva, dorsal view (Løvbrekke unpubl.)	Vulva (Canard & Cruveillier 2019)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view (Wiebes 1959)

8. Alopecosa beckeri (Thorell, 1875)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)	Pedipalp, prolateral view (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)	Bulbus (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)
Bulbus (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)	Embolic division, ventral view (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)	Embolic division (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)
Epigyne (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)	Vulva, dorsal view (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)

9. Alopecosa canaricola Schmidt, 1982

Pedipalp, ventral view (Wunderlich 1987)	Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Wunderlich 1987)	Median apophysis, prolateral view (Wunderlich 1987)
Median apophysis, prolateral view (Wunderlich 1987)	Variability of terminal apophysis, ventral view (Wunderlich 1987)	Vulva (Wunderlich 1987)

10. Alopecosa cronebergi (Thorell, 1875)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Spassky 1925)	Pedipalp, prolateral view (Azarkina et al. 2016)	Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Azarkina et al. 2016)
Pedipalp, ventral view (Azarkina et al. 2016)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Azarkina et al. 2016)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Seropian et al. 2023b)
Epigyne, ventral view (Spassky 1925)	Epigyne (Azarkina et al. 2016)	Epigyne (Azarkina et al. 2016)
Epigyne (Azarkina et al. 2016)	Vulva (Azarkina et al. 2016)

11. Alopecosa dryada Cordes, 1996

Pedipalp, ventral view (Cordes 1996)	Tegular apophysis (Cordes 1996)	Habitus (Cordes 1996)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view (Thaler et al. 2000)	Epigyne, ventral view (Cordes 1996)

12. Alopecosa edax (Thorell, 1875)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, lateral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, prolateral view (Buchar 2001)
Bulbus, ventral view (Buchar 2001)	Bulbus, ventral view (Buchar 2001)	Tegular apophysis (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)

13. Alopecosa etrusca Lugetti & Tongiorgi, 1969

Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, lateral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp in detail, lateral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Epigyne, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Habitus, dorsal view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)

14. Alopecosa fabrilis trinacriae Lugetti & Tongiorgi, 1969

Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, lateral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Bulbus (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Epigyne, ventral view (Würmli 1972)

15. Alopecosa garamantica (Caporiacco, 1936)

Epigyne (Caporiacco 1936b)	Epigyne (Roewer 1960c)	Habitus, dorsal view (Roewer 1960c)

16. Alopecosa hirtipes (Kulczyński, 1907)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Kulczyński 1907)	Tegular apophysis (Kulczyński 1907)	Epigyne, ventral view (Kulczyński 1916)
Epigyne, ventral view (Kulczyński 1916)	Epigyne, ventral view (Kulczyński 1908b)	Habitus, dorsal view (Kulczyński 1916)
Habitus, dorsal view (Kulczyński 1916)

17. Alopecosa inderensis Ponomarev, 2007

Pedipalp (Ponomarev & Dvadnenko 2012)	Pedipalp (Ponomarev & Dvadnenko 2012)	Pedipalp (Ponomarev & Dvadnenko 2012)
Epigyne, ventral view (Ponomarev 2007b)

18. Alopecosa kalavrita Buchar, 2001

Pedipalp, ventral view (Buchar 2001)	Tegular apophysis (Buchar 2001)	Tegular apophysis (Buchar 2001)
Epigyne (Buchar 2001)	Vulva (Buchar 2001)	Prosoma (Buchar 2001)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view (Buchar 2001)

19. Alopecosa kovblyuki Nadolny & Ponomarev, 2012

Pedipalp, ventral view (Nadolny et al. 2012a)	Pedipalp, prolateral-ventral view (Nadolny et al. 2012a)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Azarkina et al. 2018a)
Bulbus, retrolateral view (Nadolny et al. 2012a)	Embolic division, ventral view (Nadolny et al. 2012a)	Embolic division, prolateral-caudal view (Nadolny et al. 2012a)
Median apophysis, ventral view (Nadolny et al. 2012a)	Median apophysis, ventral view (Nadolny et al. 2012a)	Epigyne, ventral view (Nadolny et al. 2012a)
Epigyne, ventral view (Nadolny et al. 2012a)	Epigyne, ventral view (Nadolny et al. 2012a)	Vulva, dorsal view (Nadolny et al. 2012a)

20. Alopecosa krynickii (Thorell, 1875)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Logunov 2013a)	Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Logunov 2013a)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Nadolny 2018)
Bulbus, ventro-prolateral view (Nadolny 2018)	Embolus, dorsal view (Nadolny 2018)	Embolic division, retrolateral view (Nadolny 2018)
Embolic division, prolateral-caudal view (Nadolny 2018)	Embolic division, ventral view (Nadolny 2018)	Median apophysis, ventral view (Nadolny 2018)
Median apophysis, caudal view (Nadolny 2018)	Eyes, frontal view (Logunov 2013a)	Chelicera, ventral view (Logunov 2013a)
Habitus (Logunov 2013a)	Epigyne (Nadolny 2018)	Vulva, dorso-caudal view (Nadolny 2018)
Vulva, dorsal view (Nadolny 2018)

21. Alopecosa kungurica Esyunin, 1996

Pedipalp, ventral view (Esyunin 1996)	Embolus (Esyunin 1996)	Tegular apophysis (Esyunin 1996)
Epigyne, ventral view (Esyunin 1996)	Vulva (Esyunin 1996)

22. Alopecosa kuntzi Denis, 1953

Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, lateral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp in detail (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Epigyne, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Vulva, dorsal view (Ponomarev & Shmatko 2020b)
Vulva, ventral view (Ponomarev & Shmatko 2020b)	Habitus, dorsal view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)

23. Alopecosa laciniosa (Simon, 1876)

Pedipalp, lateral view (Simon 1937)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, lateral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Bosselaers 2018)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Bosselaers 2018)	Tegular apophysis (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Epigyne, ventral view (Simon 1937)	Epigyne, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Epigyne, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Epigyne (Bosselaers 2018)	Epigyne (Bosselaers 2018)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Prosoma (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)

24. Alopecosa mutabilis (Kulczyński, 1908)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Dondale & Redner 1990)	Pedipalp, prolateral-ventral view (Dondale & Redner 1990)	Epigyne, ventral view (Dondale & Redner 1990)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view (Dondale & Redner 1990)	Vulva, dorsal view (Dondale & Redner 1990)	Vulva, variation, dorsal view (Dondale & Redner 1990)

25. Alopecosa osellai Lugetti & Tongiorgi, 1969

Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, lateral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Bulbus, lateral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Epigyne, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Habitus, dorsal view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)

26. Alopecosa parva Ponomarev, 2024

Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Ponomarev & Shmatko 2024b)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Ponomarev & Shmatko 2024b)	Bulbus, ventral view (Ponomarev & Shmatko 2024b)
Bulbus, ventro-apical view (Ponomarev & Shmatko 2024b)

27. Alopecosa pelusiaca (Audouin, 1826)

Epigyne
(Roewer 1960c)

Habitus, dorsal view
(Roewer 1960c)

28. Alopecosa pentheri (Nosek, 1905)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Thaler et al. 2000)	Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Thaler et al. 2000)	Bulbus, anterior view (Marusik et al. 2018)
Bulbus, prolateral view (Marusik et al. 2018)	Bulbus, retrolateral view (Marusik et al. 2018)	Bulbus, ventral view (Marusik et al. 2018)
Palpal claw, ventral view (Marusik et al. 2018)	Epigyne, ventral view (Thaler et al. 2000)	Epigyne (Marusik et al. 2018)
Epigyne (Marusik et al. 2018)	Epigyne (Marusik et al. 2018)	Epigyne (Marusik et al. 2018)
Vulva (Marusik et al. 2018)	Vulva (Marusik et al. 2018)	Vulva, dorsal view (Ponomarev et al. 2019a)
Vulva, ventral view (Ponomarev et al. 2019a)

29. Alopecosa psammophila Buchar, 2001

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)

30. Alopecosa pulverulenta tridentina (Thorell, 1875)

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(WSC 2024)

31. Alopecosa simoni (Thorell, 1872)

Pedipalp, lateral view (Simon 1937)	Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Bulbus, ventro-lateral view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Epigyne, ventral view (Simon 1937)	Epigyne (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Epigyne (Oger 2020)	Vulva (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)	Habitus, dorsal view (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)

32. Alopecosa solivaga (Kulczyński, 1901)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Kulczyński 1916)	Habitus, dorsal view (Kulczyński 1916)	Habitus, dorsal view (Kulczyński 1916)
Habitus, dorsal view (Kulczyński 1916)	Habitus, dorsal view (Kulczyński 1916)	Habitus, dorsal view (Kulczyński 1916)
Epigyne, ventral view (Kulczyński 1908b)	Habitus, dorsal view (Kulczyński 1916)	Habitus, dorsal view (Kulczyński 1916)
Habitus, dorsal view (Kulczyński 1916)	Habitus, dorsal view (Kulczyński 1908b)

33. Alopecosa spasskyi Ponomarev, 2008

Epigyne (Ponomarev & Shmatko 2020b)	Epigyne (Ponomarev 2008a)	Vulva, dorsal view (Ponomarev 2008a)

34. Alopecosa steppica Ponomarev, 2007

Pedipalp, ventral view (Ponomarev 2007b)	Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Ponomarev 2007b)	Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Polchaninova et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view (Polchaninova et al. 2021)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Polchaninova et al. 2021)	Bulbus, prolateral view (Ponomarev 2007b)
Epigyne, ventral view (Ponomarev 2007b)	Epigyne (Polchaninova et al. 2021)	Vulva, dorsal view (Ponomarev 2007b)
Vulva, dorsal view (Polchaninova et al. 2021)

35. Alopecosa subvalida Guy, 1966

Epigyne (Guy 1966)	Epigyne (Guy 1966)	Habitus, dorsal view (Guy 1966)

36. Alopecosa taeniata (C. L. Koch, 1835)

Pedipalp (Roberts 1998)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Kronestedt 1990)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolus (Kronestedt 1990)	Embolus (Løvbrekke unpubl.)	Tegular apophysis, frontal view (Roberts 1998)
Tegular apophysis, frontal view (Kronestedt 1990)	Tegular apophysis, ventral view (Kronestedt 1990)	Tegular apophysis (Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Coxa I (Roberts 1998)	Epigyne (Roberts 1998)	Epigyne (Roberts 1998)
Epigyne, ventral view (Kronestedt 1990)	Epigyne, ventral view (Løvbrekke unpubl.)	Epigyne, ventral view (Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne (Morka unpubl.)	Vulva, ventral view (Løvbrekke unpubl.)	Vulva, dorsal view (Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view (Løvbrekke unpubl.)	Vulva (Kronestedt 1990)	Vulva (Kronestedt 1990)
Vulva, dorsal view (Morka unpubl.)

37. Alopecosa taeniopus (Kulczyński, 1895)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)
Pedipalp, prolateral view (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Azarkina et al. 2018a)	Bulbus (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)
Bulbus (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)	Embolic division (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)	Embolic division (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)
Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)	Epigyne (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)
Epigyne (Azarkina et al. 2018a)	Vulva, dorsal view (Nadolny & Kovblyuk 2010)	Habitus (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)