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

Kuncosa kwangreungensis (Paik & Tanaka, 1986)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017613

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Described:

Distribution: Korea

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Holotype: Kap Yong Paik Private Collection, Taegu, South Korea f - (Paik & Tanaka, 1986)
Paratype: Kap Yong Paik Private Collection, Taegu, South Korea 3m 4f - (Paik & Tanaka, 1986)
Paratype: Hozumi Tanaka Private Collection, Osaka, Japan 1m 7f - (Paik & Tanaka, 1986)

Taxonomic References

Arctosa kwangreungensis Paik & Tanaka, 1986: 16, f. 1-13 (Dmf) Original description

Arctosa kwangreungensis Namkung, 2002: 318, f. 20.12a-b (mf)

Arctosa kwangreungensis Namkung, 2003: 320, f. 20.12a-b (mf)

Arctosa kwangreungensis Lee et al., 2004: 99, unnumbered f. (mf)

Kuncosa kwangreungensis Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025: 128 (T from Arctosa)

References

Lee, Y. B., Yoo, J. S., Lee, D. J. & Kim, J. P. (2004). Ground dwelling spiders. Korean Arachnology 20: 97-115. -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2002). The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co. Seoul, 648 pp. [[2001 in the book, but publ. in 2002 per Platnick]] -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2003). The Spiders of Korea, 2nd. ed. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co. Seoul, 648 pp. -- Show included taxa

Paik, K. Y. & Tanaka, H. (1986). A new species of genus Arctosa (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 2(1): 15-22. -- 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

External Resource References

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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	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