Allocosa lawrencei

Lawrence's Allocosa Wolf Spider
	female
	male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lycosidae
Genus:	Allocosa
Species:	A. lawrencei
Binomial name
	Allocosa lawrencei; (Roewer, 1951)
Synonyms
	Lycosa maritima Lawrence, 1938 ; Lycosa lawrencei Roewer, 1951 ; Hogna lawrencei Roewer, 1955 ;

Allocosa lawrencei is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.^[2] It is commonly known as Lawrence's Allocosa wolf spider.^[3]

Distribution

Allocosa lawrencei is known from Eswatini and the South African provinces Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and Northern Cape.^[3]

Habitat and ecology

Allocosa lawrencei is a free running ground dweller sampled from the Grassland, Savanna, and Thicket Biomes at altitudes ranging from 4 to 1730 m. It has also been sampled from vineyards.^[3]

Description

Conservation

Allocosa lawrencei is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical distribution range. It is protected in more than 15 protected areas.^[3]

Etymology

The species is named after Reginald Frederick Lawrence, a South African zoologist who made significant contributions to arachnology.

Taxonomy

The species was originally described by Lawrence in 1938 as Lycosa maritima from Umhlali in KwaZulu-Natal, but this name was preoccupied by Hentz, 1844. Roewer provided the replacement name lawrencei in 1951.^[1] The species is known from both sexes.^[3]

References

1 2 Roewer, C.F. (1951). "Neue Namen einiger Araneen-Arten". Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen. 32: 437–456.
1 2 "Allocosa lawrencei (Roewer, 1951)". Natural History Museum Bern. World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
1 2 3 4 5 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Lycosidae of South Africa. Version 1: part 1 (A-H). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 12. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

External links

Citizen science observations for Allocosa lawrencei at iNaturalist

[roewer1951-1] 1 2 Roewer, C.F. (1951). "Neue Namen einiger Araneen-Arten". Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen. 32: 437–456.

[wsc-2] 1 2 "Allocosa lawrencei (Roewer, 1951)". Natural History Museum Bern. World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.

[dippenaar2021-3] 1 2 3 4 5 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Lycosidae of South Africa. Version 1: part 1 (A-H). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 12. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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