Alopecosa

Taxonomic Hierarchy

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Arachnida
• Order: Araneae
• Suborder: Araneomorphae
• Family: Lycosidae
• Genus: Alopecosa

Author

Eugène Simon, 1885

Sightings Overview

There have been 25 confirmed sightings of Alopecosa, with the most recent sighting submitted on January 20, 2020 by Spider ID member nailbunny502502. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 25 sightings because of certain Alopecosa sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 8% of the time, Alopecosa spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 25)
• Sex: 3 female and 2 male.
• Environment: Alopecosa has been sighted 19 times outdoors, and 11 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (4). Low foliage (2). Ground layer (9). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Saltwater (1). Forest (2).

Location and Range

Alopecosa has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, Chile, Greece, Spain, United States.

Alopecosa has also been sighted in the following states: Alaska, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Washington.

Seasonality

Alopecosa has been primarily sighted during the month of April.

• January: 2
• February: 1
• March: 7
• April: 8
• May: 1
• June: 2
• July:
• August: 2
• September:
• October:
• November:
• December: 2