Alopecosa females make a burrow in which they deposit their egg sac.

The female then stays in the burrow guarding the sac until the eggs hatch.

[2] Molecular techniques have also been applied to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships between some species.

[2] As of January 2021[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1] Nomina dubia (dubious names) include:[1] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.

[1] Alopecosa fabrilis is a critically endangered species found in Britain, with examples rediscovered in 2020 in the south of the country.