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.
Diagnosis
(Not yet recorded or unknown)
Characters
- Body Size: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
- Colour: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
- Carapace: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
- Eyes: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
- Chelicerae: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
- Legs: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
- Abdomen: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
- Spinnerets: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
Distribution
(Not yet recorded or unknown)
Natural History
Feeding Guild:† ground runners
(General natural history not yet recorded or unknown)
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Nearctic Taxonomic/Species Richness
Number of Nearctic Species: 256 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)
Slice of LYCOSIDAE relative taxonomic/species richness drawn exploded from all other Families each with greater than 50 member species in the Nearctic. (Requires Flash plug-in - refresh this page if chart not visible)
[Legend: Family (#species), Percentages: Relative to total number of Nearctic species]
Nearctic/Palearctic Genera
| # | Genus | Ref. | Common Name |
| 1 | Acantholycosa Dahl, 1908 |  |
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| 2 | Adelocosa Gertsch, 1973 | |
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| 3 | Allocosa Banks, 1900 | |
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| 4 | Alopecosa Simon, 1885 | |
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| 5 | Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 | |
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| 6 | Aulonia C. L. Koch, 1847 | |
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| 7 | Camptocosa Dondale, Jiménez & Nieta, 2005 | |
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| 8 | Geolycosa Montgomery, 1904 | |
burrowing wolf spiders |
| 9 | Gladicosa Brady, 1987 | |
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| 10 | Hesperocosa Gertsch & Wallace, 1937 | |
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| 11 | Hogna Simon, 1885 | |
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| 12 | Hygrolycosa Dahl, 1908 | |
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| 13 | Lycosa Latreille, 1804 | |
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| 14 | Lycosella Thorell, 1890 | |
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| 15 | Melocosa Gertsch, 1937 | |
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| 16 | Paratrochosina Roewer, 1960 | |
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| 17 | Pardosa C. L. Koch, 1847 | |
thinlegged wolf spiders |
| 18 | Pirata Sundevall, 1833 | |
pirate wolf spiders |
| 19 | Rabidosa Roewer, 1960 | |
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| 20 | Schizocosa Chamberlin, 1904 | |
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| 21 | Sosippus Simon, 1888 | |
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| 22 | Syroloma Simon, 1900 | |
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| 23 | Trabeops Roewer, 1959 | |
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| 24 | Trebacosa Dondale & Redner, 1981 | |
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| 25 | Trochosa C. L. Koch, 1847 | |
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| 26 | Varacosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 | |
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| 27 | Wadicosa Zyuzin, 1985 | |
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| 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).
Additional Taxonomic and Natural History References
(Not yet recorded)