Abaycosa
Genus of spiders
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Abaycosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae (wolf spiders).[2]
| Abaycosa | |
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| A. nanica in Argentina | |
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| A. paraguensis in Argentina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Subfamily: | Allocosinae |
| Genus: | Abaycosa Laborda, Bidegaray-Batista, Simó, Brescovit, Beloso & Piacentini, 2022[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pardosa nanica Mello-Leitão, 1941 | |
| Species | |
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2, see text | |
Distribution
Etymology
The genus name is a combination of "Abáy" and the common lycosid ending "-cosa". "Abáy" mens "spider" in the indigenous Chaná language that is spoken in the basins of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers.[1]
