Tigrosa aspersa

Tigrosa aspersa is a large (up to one-inch (25 mm) body length) wolf spider that inhabits the eastern United States.^[1] Compared to its close relative Tigrosa helluo, T. aspersa is much larger. This species was known as Hogna aspersa prior to 2012, when it was moved to Tigrosa.^[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Subphylum:Chelicerata

Class:Arachnida

Order:Araneae

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Tigrosa aspersa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lycosidae
Genus:	Tigrosa
Species:	T. aspersa
Binomial name
Tigrosa aspersa (Hentz, 1844)
Synonyms
Lycosa aspersa Tarentula inhonesta Lycosa tigrina Lycosa vulpina Lycosa immaculata Lycosa exitiosa Lycosa oblonga Lycosa inhonesta Hygrolycosa aspersa Hogna aspersa

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A different species (Lycosa implacida) was named Lycosa aspersa in 1849 by Nicolet by accident.