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Allocosa senex

Allocosa senex

Classification

Order
Araneae
Family
Lycosidae

Allocosa brasiliensis is a burrowing wolf spider species from southern South America. Long known to science, it remained almost unstudied until its unusual sexual behavior was described in the early 21st century. This ground-dwelling spider is native to mainly coastal areas, from southeastern Brazil via Uruguay and Argentina to southern Chile, though its known occurrences are patchy.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Argentina · 24Uruguay · 19Chile · 2