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Genus: Kuncosa Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025 | Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Kuncosa fujiii (Tanaka, 1985)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017582

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Described:

Distribution: Japan

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Holotype: Entomological Laboratory, College of Agriculture, University of Osaka Prefecture, Sakai, Japan f (presumably transferred to NSMT-Ar, see Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025) - (Tanaka, 1985)
Paratype: Entomological Laboratory, College of Agriculture, University of Osaka Prefecture, Sakai, Japan 26m 40f (presumably transferred to NSMT-Ar, see Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025) - (Tanaka, 1985)
Holotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan f - (Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025)
Paratype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan 1m - (Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Arctosa fujiii Tanaka, 1985: 57, f. 9-12 (Dmf) Original description

Arctosa fujiii Chikuni, 1989b: 112, f. 15 (mf)

Arctosa fujiii Tanaka, 1991: 296, f. 9-12 (mf)

Arctosa fujiii Tanaka, 2009: 232, f. 56-57 (mf)

Kuncosa fujiii Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025: 129, f. 4A-D, 6A-B (mf, T from Arctosa)

References

Chikuni, Y. (1989b). Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publishing Co. Tokyo, 310 pp. -- Show included taxa

Tanaka, H. (1985). Descriptions of new species of the Lycosidae (Araneae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 33(2): 51-87. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.33.51 -- Show included taxa

Tanaka, H. (1991). Lycosid spiders of Japan VII. The genus Arctosa C. L. Koch. Sonoda Women's College Studies 25: 289-316. -- Show included taxa

Tanaka, H. (2009). Lycosidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 222-248. -- Show included taxa

Wang, L. Y., Marusik, Y. M. & Zhang, Z. S. (2025). Three new genera of wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) living on the forest floor in East Asia. ZooKeys 1239: 123-145. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1239.152834 -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-05-22	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Kuncosa zhui (Yu & Song, 1988)
2025-05-22	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Kuncosa zhui (Yu & Song, 1988)
2025-05-22	New taxonomic reference entry	Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025
2025-05-22	Species transferred to new genus	Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025		Species transferred from Arctosa to Kuncosa
2025-05-22	Species distribution update	Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025	Old value