Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0100] Back

Gen. Melecosa Marusik, Omelko & Koponen, 2015 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04282 ]
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.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2023-05-22
Described in
Marusik, Omelko & Koponen, 2015b: 258 (type Sibirocosa alpina Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004; gender feminine)
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Species counts
Counts Status
1accepted
Reference

Marusik, Y. M., Omelko, M. M. & Koponen, S. (2015b). A survey of East Palaearctic Lycosidae (Araneae). 11. Two new genera from the Acantholycosa complex. Zootaxa 3985(2): 252-264. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3985.2.4 download pdf

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Date Type Reference Detail
2015-07-22 New genus inserted Marusik, Omelko & Koponen, 2015b n/a