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Beach wolf spider

Arctosa littoralis (Hentz, 1844)

Status not recordedspiders

The beach wolf spider (Arctosa littoralis) is a species in the family Lycosidae, order Araneae. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Panama.

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Quick facts about the beach wolf spider

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the beach wolf spider live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The beach wolf spider is listed for 1 country.

Panama
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Panama

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the beach wolf spider endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the beach wolf spider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyLycosidae
  6. genusArctosa
  7. SpeciesArctosa littoralis (Hentz, 1844)

Synonyms Arctosa maritima, Arctosa panamana, Arctosa trifida

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Shoreline wolf spiderEnglish
  • slíďák přímořskýCzech
  • Araña lobo playera norteamericanaSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the beach wolf spider

Other species in the same genus Arctosa.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the beach wolf spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the beach wolf spider for 1 country: Panama. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the beach wolf spider?

The beach wolf spider (Arctosa littoralis) belongs to the family Lycosidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{beach_wolf_spider_2026,
  title = {Beach wolf spider (Arctosa littoralis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/beach-wolf-spider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}