Sinacosa
Genus of spiders
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Sinacosa is a genus of trapdoor-building wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae.[2]
| Sinacosa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Subfamily: | Evippinae |
| Genus: | Sinacosa Wang, Lu & Zhang, 2023[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. gaoi Wang, Lu & Zhang, 2023 | |
| Species | |
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2, see text | |
It is the first trapdoor-building wolf spider reported from outside Australia. The genus resembles Xerolycosa.[1]
Distribution
Sinacosa is endemic to China.[2]
S. gaoi has been described from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Yunnan Province.[1] S. nangunheensis is known from Yunnan.[3]
Etymology
The genus name is a combination of "sina" ("China") and the common wolf spider genus ending "-cosa".[1]
