{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Kuncosa | authority = Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025<ref name="wang2025" /> | type_species = ''Arctosa ningboensis'' | type_species_authority = Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1996 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 5, see text }}
'''''Kuncosa''''' is a genus of wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae.<ref name="wsc" />
==Distribution== ''Kuncosa'' occurs in East Asia, with species distributed across China, Japan, and Korea.<ref name="wsc" />
==Etymology== The genus name is a combination of the ancient mythical fish creature Kun {{zh|t=|p=kūn|s=鲲|labels=no}} and the common wolf spider genus ending "-cosa".<ref name="wang2025" />
==Species== {{as of|2026|1}}, this genus includes five species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Kuncosa fujiii'' <small>(Tanaka, 1985)</small> – Japan * ''Kuncosa hikosanensis'' <small>(Tanaka, 1985)</small> – Japan * ''Kuncosa kwangreungensis'' <small>(Paik & Tanaka, 1986)</small> – Korea * ''Kuncosa ningboensis'' <small>(Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1996)</small> – China * ''Kuncosa zhui'' <small>(Yu & Song, 1988)</small> – China {{Div col end}}
==References== <references> <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus-detail/6448/genus | title=Gen. ''Kuncosa'' Wang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2026-01-19}}</ref> <ref name="wang2025">{{cite journal | last1=Wang | first1=L. Y. | last2=Marusik | first2=Y. M. | last3=Zhang | first3=Z. S. | year=2025 | title=Three new genera of wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) living on the forest floor in East Asia | journal=ZooKeys | issue=1239 | pages=123–145 | doi=10.3897/zookeys.1239.152834 | doi-access=free | pmid=40444070 | pmc=12120497 | bibcode=2025ZooK.1239..123W }}</ref> </references>
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Category:Lycosidae genera Category:Spiders described in 2025 Category:Spiders of Asia Category:Taxa named by Yuri M. Marusik
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