| Sinacosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Subfamily: | Evippinae |
| Genus: | Sinacosa Wang, Lu & Zhang, 20231 |
| Type species | |
| S. gaoi Wang, Lu & Zhang, 2023
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Sinacosa is a genus of trapdoor-building wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae.2
It is the first trapdoor-building wolf spider reported from outside Australia. The genus resembles Xerolycosa.1
Distribution
Sinacosa is endemic to China.2
S. gaoi has been described from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Yunnan Province.1 S. nangunheensis is known from Yunnan.3
Etymology
The genus name is a combination of "sina" ("China") and the common wolf spider genus ending "-cosa".1
Species
As of January 2026, this genus includes two species:2
- Sinacosa gaoi Wang, Lu & Zhang, 2023 – China
- Sinacosa nangunheensis Wang, Yang & Zhang, 2025 – China
References
References
- Wang, L. Y.; Lu, Q. L.; Zhang, Z. S. (2023). "Sinacosa, a new trapdoor-building genus of Lycosidae (Araneae) from China". Acta Arachnologica Sinica. 32 (1): 1–7. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2023.01.001.
- "Gen. Sinacosa Wang, Lu & Zhang, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- Wang, L. Y.; Yang, Z. Z.; Zhang, Z. S. (2025). "The second trapdoor-building species of wolf spider from China (Araneae, Lycosidae)". Acta Arachnologica Sinica. 34 (1): 28–32. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2025.01.005.