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Varacosa
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Varacosa

Varacosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1942 by Chamberlin & Ivie. As of 2017, it contains 6 North American species.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Varacosa avara

speciesVaracosa avara

Varacosa gosiuta

speciesVaracosa gosiuta

Varacosa shenandoa

speciesVaracosa shenandoa

Varacosa apothetica

speciesVaracosa apothetica

Varacosa hoffmannae

speciesVaracosa hoffmannae

Varacosa parthenus

speciesVaracosa parthenus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 172184.