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Lycosidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Alopecosa  Simon, 1885   58 species

Alopecosa edax (Thorell, 1875)

Description
Male

Prosoma brown, eye field brown-black, median band slightly lighter. Sternum dirty brown. Legs orange-brown, femora indistinctly marbled darker. Opisthosoma dorsally with brown longitudinal field, posteriorly of cardiac mark somewhat yellowish marbled, sides and venter uniform light yellow. Chelicerae with 3 teeth on pro- and 2 on retromargin.

Prosoma length: 3.5 mm, prosoma width: 2.6 mm.

Female

Female unknown.

Additional information

Not native and not established species in Europe (Buchar, 2001)

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): China
Figures
Distribution List
Poland   (Buchar, 2001) |||
References

Buchar J (2001) Two new species of the genus Alopecosa (Araneae: Lycosidae) from south-eastern Europe. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica 45: 257-266 pdf

Lugetti G, Tongiorgi P (1969) Ricerche sul genere Alopecosa Simon (Araneae-Lycosidae). Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali B76: 1-100 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
11-06-2023 Distribution update Detail
10-12-2013 Distribution update Detail