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Genus: Kuncosa Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025 | Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Kuncosa hikosanensis (Tanaka, 1985)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017588

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Described:

Distribution: Japan

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Holotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan f - (Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025)
Paratype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan 1m - (Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Arctosa hikosanensis Tanaka, 1985: 59, f. 13-16 (Dmf) Original description

Arctosa hikosanensis Tanaka, 1991: 299, f. 13-16 (mf)

Arctosa hikosanensis Tanaka, 2009: 232, f. 58-59 (mf)

Arctosa hikosanensis Serita, 2019e: 150, f. 1f-g (mf)

Kuncosa hikosanensis Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025: 130, f. 5A-D, 6C-C (mf, T from Arctosa)

References

Serita, R. (2019e). [Spiders collected in Kochi Prefecture II]. Kishidaia 115: 143-156. -- Show included taxa

Tanaka, H. (1985). Descriptions of new species of the Lycosidae (Araneae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 33(2): 51-87. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.33.51 -- Show included taxa

Tanaka, H. (1991). Lycosid spiders of Japan VII. The genus Arctosa C. L. Koch. Sonoda Women's College Studies 25: 289-316. -- Show included taxa

Tanaka, H. (2009). Lycosidae. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 222-248. -- Show included taxa

Wang, L. Y., Marusik, Y. M. & Zhang, Z. S. (2025). Three new genera of wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) living on the forest floor in East Asia. ZooKeys 1239: 123-145. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1239.152834 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2025-05-22	New taxonomic reference entry	Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025
2025-05-22	Species transferred to new genus	Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025	Species transferred from Arctosa to Kuncosa
2021-04-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Serita, 2019e