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(WSC 15.0) did not accept Guy's conclusions; the changes by Guy, 1966 are noted (except where more recent work has superseded them); Guy, 1969 is merely a literature compilation that reflects those changes and is not cited separately; several genera of Lycosidae have been found not to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. Gladicosa Brady, 1987 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01618

In synonymy:

Gladicosa cherokee (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942, T from Lycosa) = Gladicosa bellamyi Gertsch & Wallace, 1937 (Brady, 1987: 309)

Gladicosa nigraurata (Montgomery, 1902, T from Lycosa) = Gladicosa gulosa Walckenaer, 1837 (Montgomery, 1904: 305, sub Trochosa purcelli)

Gladicosa purcelli (Montgomery, 1902) = Gladicosa gulosa Walckenaer, 1837 (Brady, 1987: 290)

Gladicosa bellamyi (Gertsch & Wallace, 1937) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017882

Lycosa bellamyi Gertsch & Wallace, 1937: 10, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Trochosa cherokee Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 35, pl. 7, f. 76 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061616]

Avicosa bellamyi Roewer, 1955c: 236

Lycosa cherokee Brady, 1980: 171 (T from Trochosa)

Gladicosa bellamyi Brady, 1987: 308, f. 2, 21-26, 29-34 (Dm, f, T from Avicosa = Schizocosa, S of Lycosa cherokee)

Gladicosa euepigynata (Montgomery, 1904) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017883

Lycosa euepigynata Montgomery, 1904: 279, pl. 18, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Lycosa euepigynata Gertsch & Wallace, 1935: 22, f, 44-45 (m)

Hogna euepigynata Roewer, 1955c: 258

Gladicosa euepigynata Brady, 1987: 312, f. 5, 15-17, 43-46 (mf, T from Hogna)

Gladicosa gulosa (Walckenaer, 1837) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017884

Lycosa gulosa Walckenaer, 1837: 338 (Df) Original description

Leimonia gulosa Simon, 1864: 352

Lycosa kochii Emerton, 1885: 485, pl. 46, f. 6 (mf; misidentified per Montgomery, 1904: 305, not Alopecosa kochi, confirmed by Gertsch & Wallace, 1935: 2 and Brady, 1987: 290)

Lycosa kochii Stone, 1890: 426, pl. 15, f. 3 (f; misidentified per Brady, 1987: 290)

Lycosa kochii Emerton, 1902: 74, f. 178-180 (f; misidentified per Brady, 1987: 290)

Lycosa nigraurata Montgomery, 1902: 564, pl. 30, f. 53 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061618]

Lycosa purcelli Montgomery, 1902: 566, pl. 30, f. 30-31 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061617]

Trochosa purcelli Montgomery, 1904: 305 (S of Lycosa nigraurata)

Lycosa gulosa Chamberlin, 1908: 265, pl. 21, f. 6-7 (mf)

Lycosa gulosa Comstock, 1912: 639, f. 720

Lycosa kochi Gertsch & Wallace, 1935: 21, f. 21, 39, 42 (mf, L. kochi sensu Emerton, 1885; confirmed by Brady, 1987: 290)

Lycosa gulosa Comstock, 1940: 650, f. 720g-h (mf)

Lycosa nigraurata Muma, 1943: 51, pl. XII, f. 9 (f)

Varacosa gulosa Roewer, 1955c: 306

Gladicosa gulosa Brady, 1987: 290, f. 4, 6-9, 35-36 (mf, T from Varacosa, S of Gladicosa purcelli, removed from S of Alopecosa kochi, contra Gertsch & Wallace, 1935: 21)

Gladicosa gulosa Dondale & Redner, 1990: 88, f. 105-107 (mf)

Gladicosa gulosa Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 160, f. 1766-1768 (mf)

Gladicosa huberti (Chamberlin, 1924) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017885

Lycosa huberti Chamberlin, 1924a: 28, pl. 6, f. 44 (Df) Original description

Lycosa huberti Gertsch & Wallace, 1935: 22, f. 40, 43 (f, Dm)

Scaptocosa huberti Roewer, 1955c: 293

Gladicosa huberti Brady, 1987: 305, f. 1, 18-20, 27-28 (mf, T from Scaptocosa = Geolycosa)

Gladicosa pulchra (Keyserling, 1877) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017886

Tarentula pulchra Keyserling, 1877a: 628, pl. 7, f. 13-14 (Dmf) Original description

Lycosa insopita Montgomery, 1904: 280, pl. 18, f. 3-4 (Dmf)

Lycosa pulchra Gertsch, 1934d: 8

Lycosa pulchra Gertsch & Wallace, 1935: 21, f. 38, 41 (mf)

Scaptocosa pulchra Roewer, 1955c: 293

Gladicosa pulchra Brady, 1987: 299, f. 3, 10-14, 37-42 (mf, T from Scaptocosa = Geolycosa)