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Genus: Alopecosa Simon, 1885 | Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Alopecosa steppica Ponomarev, 2007

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041380

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Described:

Distribution: Ukraine, Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan

External Resources*: araneae - Spiders of Europe | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Zoological Museum of Moscow University (ZMMU), Moscow, Russia m (Ta-6869) - (Mikhailov, 2018b)
Paratype: Zoological Museum of Moscow University (ZMMU), Moscow, Russia 1f (Ta-6870) - (Mikhailov, 2018b)

Taxonomic References

Alopecosa steppica Ponomarev, 2007b: 91, f. 14-18 (Dmf) Original description

Alopecosa steppica Polchaninova et al., 2021: 104, f. 19-23 (mf)

Alopecosa steppica Ponomarev, Turbanov & Shmatko, 2025a: 419, f. 18-21 (f)

References

Polchaninova, N., Gnelitsa, V., Terekhova, V. & Iosypchuk, A. (2021). New and rare spider species (Arachnida, Araneae) from Ukraine. Zoodiversity 55(2): 95-112. doi: 10.15407/zoo2021.02.095 -- Show included taxa

Ponomarev, A. V. (2007b). New taxa of spiders (Aranei) from the south of Russia and western Kazakhstan. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 3: 87-95. -- Show included taxa

Ponomarev, A. V., Turbanov, I. S. & Shmatko, V. Y. (2025a). New data on the spider fauna (Aranei) of Volga Region, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 34(3): 415-425. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.3.14 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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
2025-09-23	New taxonomic reference entry	Ponomarev, Turbanov & Shmatko, 2025a
2021-05-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Polchaninova et al., 2021
2019-03-22	Species distribution update		Old value
2017-08-17	Species distribution update	Ponomarev, Bragina & Shmatko, 2017	Old value