Alopecosa aculeata is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, a range from Russia (European to Far East), Central Asia, China, and Japan.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Entling et al. 2007Buchar & Růžička 2002Hyvärinen et al. 2019Staręga et al. 2001SLU 2020Henriksen & Hilmo 2015Bruun & Lissner 2019Komposch & Steinberger 1999Řezáč et al. 2015Blick et al. 2016Blick & Scheidler 2004Kielhorn 2017Finch 2004Martin 2012Buchholz et al. 2011Hiebsch & Tolke 1996Sacher & Platen 2004Lemke et al. 2013Liste France 2018Nährig et al. 2003Nentwig et al. 2018Dondale & Redner 1990Cardoso et al. 2011
Morphometry3
Body length♀9.7·♂8.35 mm
Cephalothorax length♀4.31·♂4.29 mm
Cephalothorax width♀3.16·♂3.07 mm
Predation1
Hunting guildground hunters
Ecology6
Light0.625 mm
Light 2partly shaded
Moisture 10.5 mm
Moisture 2dry
Regional IUCN Red List categoryLeast Concern (LC)
Regional non-IUCN Red List categoryData Deficient (?)
05DNA & barcoding591 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Alopecosa aculeata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens591
BINs2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections643
Countries13
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus586 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 21 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens. Showing the 28 commonest of 41 variants.
Diversity (π)1.4%
Haplotypes41
BINs2
Most divergent pair3.3%
N.AmericaEurope
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type3 809 records
Wild obs. + sensor792
Museum / vouchered2 992
Cultivated / captive2
Other23
Origin
Native124
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 064 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy60% within 1 km
≤100 m 324≤1 km 120≤10 km 291>10 km 9
744 georeferenced · 48 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor792
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy68% within 1 km
≤100 m 518≤1 km 283≤10 km 310>10 km 65
1 176 georeferenced · 1 816 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 992
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without
Open the mapnot free-living2
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions19 of 46 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
431
Edmonton, CA
348
Cambridge, US
320
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
306
Helsinki, FI
231
Denver, US
135
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology (IPAE), UB RASlocation not on record
104
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
104
WIlocation not on record
80
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
78
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
58
Ekaterinburg, RU
48
Akademia Pomorska w Słupskulocation not on record
35
Uniwersytet w Białymstokulocation not on record
33
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
29
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
17
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
12
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
12
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
10
Vancouver, CA
7
Chicago, US
7
Metsähallituslocation not on record
6
University of Tokyo, Department of Zoologylocation not on record
5
Rovaniemi, FI
5
Frankfurt am Main
5
SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung Münchenlocation not on record
4
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
4
University of Oulu, Zoological Museumlocation not on record
3
Espace pour la vielocation not on record
3
Saint John, CA
3
Bonn, DE
2
Paro, BT
2
Ohio State University Acarology Laboratorylocation not on record
2
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
2
Senckenberg Museum fuer Naturkunde Goerlitzlocation not on record
2
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
2
Albuquerque, US
2
Bern, CH
2
Tartu, EE
1
Buenos Aires, AR
1
1
Copenhagen, DK
1
neflocation not on record
1
US
1
Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record
1
DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record
1
46 institutions · 2 467 of 2 992 vouchered records shown · 525 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA643 detections
Where the DNA of Alopecosa aculeata was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found643
Studies independent surveys3
Countries13
Verifiable raw sequence linked5
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 643 detections have coordinates
Open the map13 countries0
WetlandMixed habitatGrasslandMixed Habitat4. Native GrasslandForest bog
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median13.0 °C 8.60–17.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter23.9 °C
Max temp (day)17.9 °C 13.2–21.5
Min temp (night)8.20 °C 3.00–15.2
Precipitation88.0 mm/mo 47.9–145
Air humidity56.4 % 52.4–66.5
Moisture balance-15.9 mm/mo -74.2–31.9
Vapour deficit651 Pa 452–840
Wind speed3.00 m/s 2.10–4.20
Cloud cover40.6 % 33.7–54.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 637 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 809 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI643 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics591 specimens↗
World Spider Trait DBMasaryk University10 traits · 23 refs↗
World Spider CatalogNaturhist. Museum Bernworld catalog↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
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