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Family: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833

wolf spiders

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CTENIDAE PISAURIDAE TRECHALEIDAE ZORIDAE ZOROPSIDAE

Family Name Authority

Sundevall, J. C. 1833. Conspectus Arachnidum. Londini Gothorum, pp. 1-39.

Nearctic Taxonomic/Species Richness

Number of Nearctic Species: 256 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)

Relative taxonomic/species richness for Nearctic families each with greater than 50 member species. Values in brackets are total number of Nearctic species.

Family Chart

Nearctic/Palearctic Genera

# Genus Ref. Common Name
1 Acantholycosa Dahl, 1908
2 Adelocosa Gertsch, 1973
3 Allocosa Banks, 1900
4 Alopecosa Simon, 1885
5 Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847
6 Aulonia C. L. Koch, 1847
7 Camptocosa Dondale, Jiménez & Nieta, 2005
8 Geolycosa Montgomery, 1904 burrowing wolf spiders
9 Gladicosa Brady, 1987
10 Hesperocosa Gertsch & Wallace, 1937
11 Hogna Simon, 1885
12 Hygrolycosa Dahl, 1908
13 Lycosa Latreille, 1804
14 Lycosella Thorell, 1890
15 Melocosa Gertsch, 1937
16 Paratrochosina Roewer, 1960
17 Pardosa C. L. Koch, 1847 thinlegged wolf spiders
18 Pirata Sundevall, 1833 pirate wolf spiders
19 Rabidosa Roewer, 1960
20 Schizocosa Chamberlin, 1904
21 Sosippus Simon, 1888
22 Syroloma Simon, 1900
23 Trabeops Roewer, 1959
24 Trebacosa Dondale & Redner, 1981
25 Trochosa C. L. Koch, 1847
26 Varacosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942
27 Wadicosa Zyuzin, 1985
28 Xerolycosa Dahl, 1908

Nearctic/Palearctic Species Images

Disclaimer: every attempt is made to ensure these images are accurate. To contest an identification, contact David P. Shorthouse (dshorthouse(at)eol.org).