World Spider Catalog

Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Melecosa Marusik, Omelko & Koponen, 2015 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04282

type Sibirocosa alpina Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004; gender feminine

N.B.: gender stated to be masculine by the authors, but using a feminine adjectival ending in the only species, furthermore all other lycosid genera ending in -osa are feminine, so it is preferred to regard Melecosa as feminine.

Melecosa alpina (Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004) | | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038691 TYPE SPECIES

Sibirocosa alpina Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004: 142, f. 250 (Df) Original description

Sibirocosa alpina Marusik, Fritzén & Song, 2007: 269, f. 9-17, 29 (f, Dm)

Melecosa alpina Marusik, Omelko & Koponen, 2015b: 260, f. 4-6, 32-33, 40-50 (Tmf from Sibirocosa)