Abaycosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae (wolf spiders).
Distribution Abaycosa is found in South America, from Brazil to Argentina.
Etymology The genus name is a combination of "Abáy" and the common lycosid ending "-cosa". "Abáy" mens "spider" in the indigenous Chaná language that is spoken in the basins of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers.
Species , this genus includes two species:
Abaycosa nanica (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina Abaycosa paraguensis (Gertsch & Wallace, 1937) – Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
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