Allocosa umtalica

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Zimbabwe Allocosa Wolf Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Allocosa
Species:
A. umtalica
Binomial name
Allocosa umtalica
(Purcell, 1903)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Lycosa umtalica Purcell, 1903
  • Trochosa umtalica Caporiacco, 1947

Allocosa umtalica is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[2] It is commonly known as the Zimbabwe Allocosa wolf spider.[3]

Allocosa umtalica is known from Tanzania, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.[3]

In South Africa, it is recorded from Gauteng and Limpopo.[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species is a free running ground dweller sampled from the Grassland and Savanna Biomes at altitudes ranging from 181 to 1486 m.[3]

Description

Conservation

Taxonomy

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