Wadicosa enucleata
Wadicosa enucleata is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in Africa and is commonly known as the Pardosa wolf spider.
Distribution
Wadicosa enucleata is found in Ivory Coast, Togo, Nigeria, Central Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa. In South Africa, the species is known from Mpumalanga and Limpopo, with the type locality given only as "Ost-Transvaal".
Wadicosa enucleata is a fast running ground spider.
Conservation
Wadicosa enucleata is listed as Data Deficient for Taxonomic reasons by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. The status of the species remains obscure and additional sampling is needed to collect the male and to determine the species' range.
Taxonomy
Wadicosa enucleata was originally described by Roewer in 1959 as Pardosa enucleata. The species was revised by Roewer in 1959 and is known only from the female. In 2023, Kronestedt transferred the species to the genus Wadicosa.