Pardosa alacris (C. L. Koch, 1833)

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Described:

Distribution: Europe, Caucasus (Russia), Kazakhstan


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Taxonomic References
Lycosa alacris C. L. Koch, 1833: 120, pl. 17-18 (D) Original description
Lycosa silvicultrix C. L. Koch, 1836a: 25, f. 182-183 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063851]
Lycosa alacris C. L. Koch, 1847: 39, f. 1443-1444 (Dmf)
Pardosa pseudolugubris Wunderlich, 1984c: 3, f. 1-13 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063842]
Pardosa alacris Töpfer-Hofmann & von Helversen, 1990: 349 (removed from S of Pardosa lugubris, rejecting Dahl, 1908: 418, S of Pardosa pseudolugubris)
Pardosa alacris Kronestedt, 1992b: 179, f. 1 (m, S of Pardosa pseudolugubris confirmed)
Pardosa alacris Roberts, 1998: 234, f. (mf)
Pardosa alacris Kronestedt, 1999: 3, f. 1b, 3l-p, 5d-e, 6c, 8c (mf)
Pardosa alacris Töpfer-Hofmann, Cordes & von Helversen, 2000: 268, f. 24-25 (m, S of Pardosa silvicultrix, removed from S of Pardosa lugubris, rejecting Dahl, 1908: 418)
Pardosa alacris Almquist, 2006: 215, f. 214a-f (mf)
Pardosa alacris Kuralt, Pajek Arambašič & Kostanjšek, 2025: 115, f. 2f-g (mf)
References

Almquist, S. (2006). Swedish Araneae, part 1 – families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded). Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 62(2005): 1-284. [[publ. in 2006 per Jonsson, in litt.]] -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1833). Arachniden. In: Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W. (ed.) Deutschlands Insecten. Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Heft 119-121. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.15007 -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1836a). Die Arachniden. Dritter Band. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, pp. 1-104, pl. 73-105 (f. 164-245). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1847). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Vierzehnter Band, pp. 89-210, pl. 481-504 (f. 1343-1412); Fünfzehnter Band, pp. 1-136, pl. 505-540 (f. 1413-1504); Sechszehnter und letzter Band, pp. 1-80, pl. 541-563 (f. 1505-1550), Index 64 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Kronestedt, T. (1992b). The identity of Pardosa alacris (C. L. Koch 1833) (Arachnida: Araneae: Lycosidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 72(1/3): 179-182. -- Show included taxa

Kronestedt, T. (1999). A new species in the Pardosa lugubris group from central Europe (Arachnida, Araneae, Lycosidae). Spixiana 22(1): 1-11. -- Show included taxa

Kuralt, Ž., Pajek Arambašič, N. & Kostanjšek, R. (2025). Contribution to the knowledge of spiders (Araneae) of the upper course of the Neretva River in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Natura Sloveniae 27(3): 114-122. doi: 10.14720/ns.20096 -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. J. (1998). Spinnengids. Tirion Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp. -- Show included taxa

Töpfer-Hofmann, G. & Helversen, O. von (1990). Four species of the Pardosa lugubris-group in central Europe (Araneae, Lycosidae) - A preliminary report. Bulletin de la Société Européenne d'Arachnologie 1: 349-352. -- Show included taxa

Töpfer-Hofmann, G., Cordes, D. & Helversen, O. von (2000). Cryptic species and behavioural isolation in the Pardosa lugubris group (Araneae, Lycosidae), with description of two new species. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 257-274. -- Show included taxa

Wunderlich, J. (1984c). Beschreibung der Wolfsspinne Pardosa pseudolugubris n. sp. und Revision der Pardosa amentata-Gruppe, zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der innerartlichen Variabilität bei Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae: Lycosidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 10: 1-15. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-01-10 New taxonomic reference entry Kuralt, Pajek Arambašič & Kostanjšek, 2025
2021-12-10 Species distribution update Ponomarev et al., 2021 Old value

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