Alopecosa fabrilis

Alopecosa fabrilis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Alopecosa
Species:
A. fabrilis
Binomial name
Alopecosa fabrilis
(Clerck, 1757)
Synonyms
  • Araneus fabrilis Clerck, 1757
  • Lycosa fabrilis (Clerck, 1757)
  • Lycosa melanogaster Hahn, 1833
  • Tarentula fabrilis (Clerck, 1757)

Alopecosa fabrilis, known as the great fox-spider, is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found over much of Europe Eastern Russia, Central Asia and China. The spider was, at one point, presumed extinct in Britain.