World Spider Catalog

Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: according to Brignoli, 1983c: 432, "Guy (1966, 1969) has proposed many synonymies and has downgraded many genera to subgenus rank; as this author based his conclusions more on nomenclature than on the study of material (or even of the original descriptions)", Platnick (WSC 15.0) did not accept Guy's conclusions; the changes by Guy, 1966 are noted (except where more recent work has superseded them); Guy, 1969 is merely a literature compilation that reflects those changes and is not cited separately; several genera of Lycosidae have been found not to be monophyletic (Murphy et al., 2006). Piacentini & Ramírez, 2019: 233-237 confirm ten valid subfamilies of Lycosidae: Venoniinae Lehtinen & Hippa, 1979, Zoicinae Lehtinen & Hippa, 1979 (= Piratinae Zyuzin, 1993), Evippinae Zyuzin, 1985, Sosippinae Dondale, 1986 (= Hygrolycosinae He & Song, 1996), Artoriinae Framenau, 2007, Tricassinae Alderweireldt & Jocqué, 1993 (= Arctosinae He & Song, 1996), Hippasinae Simon, 1898, Allocosinae Dondale, 1986, Pardosinae Simon, 1898 (= Wadicosinae Zyuzin, 1985) and Lycosinae Sundevall, 1833; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 518, f. 17-18.

Gen. Diapontia Keyserling, 1877 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01609

N.B.: see note under Arctosippa.

Transferred to other genera:

Diapontia alboguttulata (L. Koch, 1878) -- see Kangarosa

Diapontia sacra (C. L. Koch, 1847) -- see Aglaoctenus

In synonymy:

Diapontia albopunctata Mello-Leitão, 1941 = Diapontia uruguayensis Keyserling, 1877 (Piacentini et al., 2017: 395)

Diapontia artigasi (Casanueva, 1980) = Diapontia anfibia Zapfe-Mann, 1979 (Piacentini et al., 2017: 400)

Diapontia infausta Mello-Leitão, 1941 = Diapontia uruguayensis Keyserling, 1877 (Piacentini et al., 2017: 395)

Diapontia pourtaleensis Mello-Leitão, 1944 = Diapontia uruguayensis Keyserling, 1877 (Piacentini et al., 2017: 395)

Diapontia senescens Mello-Leitão, 1944 = Diapontia uruguayensis Keyserling, 1877 (Piacentini et al., 2017: 395)

Diapontia anfibia (Zapfe-Mann, 1979) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018526

Pardosa anfibia Zapfe-Mann, 1979: 3, f. 3-4 (Dmf) Original description

Lycosa artigasi Casanueva, 1980: 25, f. 22-25 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018191]

Diapontia anfibia Piacentini et al., 2017: 400, f. 5C,F,I, 6B,F,G, 9A-H, 10E-F,K-L, 12A (mf, T from Pardosa, S of Lycosa artigasi)

Diapontia anfibia Taucare-Ríos, 2021b: 241, f. 2, 3A-B (mf)

Diapontia arapensis (Strand, 1908) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018187

Tarentula arapensis Strand, 1908e: 245 (Df) Original description

Lycosa arapensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 555

Mimohogna arapensis Roewer, 1955c: 279

Hippasella arapensis Brescovit & Álvares, 2011: 57, f. 16-21 (Tf from Lycosa, Dm)

Diapontia arapensis Piacentini et al., 2017: 407 (T from Hippasella)

Diapontia calama Piacentini, Scioscia, Carbajal, Ott, Brescovit & Ramírez, 2017 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049841

Diapontia calama Piacentini et al., 2017: 404, f. 14A-E, 16C-D,I-J (Dmf) Original description

Diapontia chamberlini Piacentini, Scioscia, Carbajal, Ott, Brescovit & Ramírez, 2017 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049843

Diapontia chamberlini Piacentini et al., 2017: 408, f. 17A-G, 19A-B,E-F (Dmf) Original description

Diapontia niveovittata Mello-Leitão, 1945 | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017736

Diapontia niveovittata Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 248 (Dmf) Original description

Diapontia niveovittata Piacentini et al., 2017: 398, f. 3A-D, 5B,E, 8A-G, 10C-D,I-J, 12B-C (mf)

Diapontia oxapampa Piacentini, Scioscia, Carbajal, Ott, Brescovit & Ramírez, 2017 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049844

Diapontia oxapampa Piacentini et al., 2017: 409, f. 6D,H, 18A-E, 19C-D,G-H (Dmf) Original description

Diapontia securifer (Tullgren, 1905) | | Argentina, Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037403

Lycosa securifer Tullgren, 1905: 66, pl. 8, f. 32 (Dj; for the ending of the specific epithet see ICZN Article 31.2.2) Original description

Porrimosa securifera Capocasale, 1982: 154 (Tj from Isohogna=Hogna per Roewer, 1955c: 262)

Orinocosa securifera Santos & Brescovit, 2001: 81 (T from Porrimosa)

Diapontia securifera Piacentini et al., 2017: 403, f. 5G-H, 6C, 13A-E, 16A-B,G-H (m, Df, T from Orinocosa)

Diapontia songotal Piacentini, Scioscia, Carbajal, Ott, Brescovit & Ramírez, 2017 | | Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049842

Diapontia songotal Piacentini et al., 2017: 405, f. 15A-I, 16E-F,K-L (Dmf) Original description

Diapontia uruguayensis Keyserling, 1877 | | Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017740

Diapontia uruguayensis Keyserling, 1877a: 675, pl. 8, f. 48 (Df) Original description

Diapontia uruguayensis Keyserling, 1891: 257, pl. 10, f. 193 (Dm)

Lycosa uruguayensis Simon, 1898a: 347

Tarentula uruguayensis Strand, 1908e: 255

Diapontia albopunctata Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 123, f. 20, pl. 4, f. 15 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019272]

Diapontia infausta Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 124, f. 21, pl. 4, f. 16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019306]

Diapontia pourtaleensis Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 341, f. 30 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017737]

Diapontia senescens Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 342, f. 31 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017739]

Trochosa albopunctata Roewer, 1955c: 301

Trochosa infausta Roewer, 1955c: 301

Diapontia uruguayensis Piacentini et al., 2017: 395, f. 4A-E, 5A,D, 6A,E, 7A-J, 10A-B,G-H, 11D (mf, S of D. albopunctata, D. pourtaleensis, D. senescens and Trochosa/D. infausta)