Family: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833
wolf spiders
Similar Families
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.
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).