Alopecosa azsheganovae Esyunin, 1996
Description
Male
Prosoma brown, with light median band and marginal bands, lateral bands dark brown. Prosoma length: 4.20-4.40 mm. Legs brown, densely covered with short white setae, metatarsi and tarsi yellow-brown. Opisthosoma light brown, dorsum with broad median band and thinner, darker lateral bands, cardiac mark indistinct, venter grey-brown. Spinnerets yellow-brown.
Body length male: 8.2-8.7 mmFemale
Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 4.3-4.7 mm, prosoma width: 3.1-3.5 mm.
Body length female: 9.0-10.9 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
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)
Distribution List
References
Azarkina G N, Marusik Y M, Antonenko T V (2015) First description of the male of Alopecosa azsheganovae Esyunin, 1996 (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 4033: 265-269 
Esyunin S L (1996) New wolf-spider species (Lycosidae) from the Urals. Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal 75: 1149-1158
Ponomarev A V, Mikhailov K G, Shmatko V Y (2024a) Review of spiders of the genus Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 (Aranei: Agelenidae) of Ciscaucasia and the Russian Caucasus. III. New data on fauna and distribution, with material from neighbouring regions. Arthropoda Selecta 33: 273-287
Ponomarev A V, Shapovalov A S, Shmatko V Y (2024b) The first record of Alopecosa azsheganovae Esyunin, 1996 (Aranei: Lycosidae) in Belgorod Region (Russia). Field Biologist Journal 6: 217-221
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2