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(WSC 15.0) did not accept Guy's conclusions; the changes by Guy, 1966 are noted (except where more recent work has superseded them); Guy, 1969 is merely a literature compilation that reflects those changes and is not cited separately; several genera of Lycosidae have been found not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

In synonymy:

Sosippinus Roewer, 1960 = Sosippus Simon, 1888 (Brady, 1962: 132, 140)

Gen. Sosippus Simon, 1888 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01661

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Sosippinus Roewer, 1960d: 1002 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05879] (type Sosippus californicus Simon, 1898) by Brady, 1962: 132, 140 (by transfer of the type species); not a senior synonym of Hippasella Mello-Leitão, 1944 (Sierwald, 2000: 138, contra Capocasale, 1990: 140).

Transferred to other genera:

Sosippus insulanus Bryant, 1923 -- see Lycosa

Sosippus nitidus (Mello-Leitão, 1944) -- see Hippasella

In synonymy:

Sosippus pragmaticus Chamberlin, 1924 = Sosippus californicus Simon, 1898 (Brady, 1962: 139)

Sosippus agalenoides Banks, 1909 | | Mexico to Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019237

Sosippus agalenoides Banks, 1909a: 217, pl. 6, f. 33 (Df) Original description

Sosippus agalenoides Brady, 1962: 146, f. 9, 29-30 (f)

Sosippus agalenoides Brady, 2007: 80, f. 11, 15, 32-39 (Dm)

Sosippus californicus Simon, 1898 | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019238

Sosippus californicus Simon, 1898a: 324, f. 331

Sosippus californicus Simon, 1898f: 25 (Df) Original description

Sosippus californicus Banks, 1913: 182, pl. 11, f. 15 (f)

Sosippus pragmaticus Chamberlin, 1924b: 674, f. 117 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056581]

Sosippinus californicus Roewer, 1955c: 313

Sosippinus pragmaticus Roewer, 1955c: 313

Sosippus californicus Brady, 1962: 139, f. 8, 27-28, 36, 44-45 (f, Dm, S of Sosippus pragmaticus)

Sosippus floridanus Simon, 1898 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019239

Sosippus floridanus Simon, 1898f: 25 (Df) Original description

Lycosa (Pirata) loennbergi Tullgren, 1901a: 19, pl. 1, f. 10 (Df)

Lycosa (Pirata) transversolineata Tullgren, 1901a: 20, pl. 1, f. 11 (Df)

Sosippus floridanus Chamberlin, 1908: 293, pl. 11, f. 1-6, pl. 23, f. 1-2 (Dm, f)

Sosippus floridanus Wallace, 1950: 76, pl. 2, f. 8 (mf, S of Lycosa loennbergi and L. transversolineata)

Sosippus floridanus Brady, 1962: 151, f. 1, 18-20, 40-43 (mf)

Sosippus floridanus Brady, 1972: 33, f. 10-13, 19-24, 34-38 (f)

Sosippus floridanus Brady, 2007: 65, f. 4, 26 (f)

Sosippus janus Brady, 1972 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019240

Sosippus mimus Brady, 1962: 156, f. 17 only (f, misidentified)

Sosippus janus Brady, 1972: 39, f. 14-18, 40-41 (Dmf) Original description

Sosippus janus Brady, 2007: 69, f. 12, 20-23, 27 (mf)

Sosippus mexicanus Simon, 1888 | | Mexico, Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019241

Sosippus mexicanus Simon, 1888b: 206 (Df) Original description

Sosippus mexicanus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 332, pl. 31, f. 30-31 (f, Dm)

Sosippus mexicanus Brady, 1962: 145, f. 6, 23-24, 46-47 (mf)

Sosippus michoacanus Brady, 1962 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019242

Sosippus michoacanus Brady, 1962: 148, f. 7, 31-32 (Df) Original description

Sosippus michoacanus Brady, 2007: 77, f. 10, 14, 28-31 (f, Dm)

Sosippus mimus Chamberlin, 1924 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019243

Sosippus mimus Chamberlin, 1924a: 27, pl. 6, f. 43 (Df) Original description

Sosippinus mimus Roewer, 1955c: 313

Sosippus mimus Brady, 1962: 156, f. 2-3, 15-16, 34-35 (f, Dm)

Sosippus mimus Brady, 1972: 35, f. 1-9, 28-33 (f)

Sosippus mimus Brady, 2007: 71, f. 5, 24-25 (m)

Sosippus placidus Brady, 1972 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019244

Sosippus mimus Brady, 1962: 156, f. 13-14 only (f, misidentified)

Sosippus placidus Brady, 1972: 46, f. 25-27, 39 (Df) Original description

Sosippus placidus Sierwald, 2000: 134, f. 1-9 (f, Dm)

Sosippus placidus Brady, 2007: 64, f. 13, 16-19 (mf)

Sosippus plutonus Brady, 1962 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019245

Sosippus plutonus Brady, 1962: 150, f. 5, 25-26 (Df) Original description

Sosippus texanus Brady, 1962 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019246

Sosippus texanus Brady, 1962: 160, f. 4, 10, 21-22, 37-39 (Dmf) Original description