Houcosa
Species of spider
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Houcosa is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae containing the single species, Houcosa zhaoi.[2]
| Houcosa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Houcosa Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025[1] |
| Species: | H. zhaoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Houcosa zhaoi | |
Etymology
The genus name is a combination of 犼; hǒu (from the ancient mythical creature Golden-Haired Hou) and the common ending for wolf spider genera "-cosa". The species is named after Mr Wenqi Zhao (赵文琪; Zhào Wénqí), who collected it.[1]
The common names in Chinese are 犼蛛属; hǒuzhūshǔ for the genus, and 赵氏犼蛛; zhàoshì lángzhū.[1]
