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(WSC 15.0) did not accept Guy's conclusions; the changes by Guy, 1966 are noted (except where more recent work has superseded them); Guy, 1969 is merely a literature compilation that reflects those changes and is not cited separately; several genera of Lycosidae have been found not to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. Prolycosides Mello-Leitão, 1942 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01653

type Lycosa amblygyna Mello-Leitão, 1942; gender feminine

N.B.: described as a subgenus, elevated by Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 262; considered a subgenus of Lycorma Simon, 1885 by Guy, 1966: 63.

In synonymy:

Prolycosides abalosi (Mello-Leitão, 1942, T from Pirata) = Prolycosides aussereri (Keyserling, 1877) (Paredes-Munguía, Brescovit & Teixeira, 2024: 59)

Prolycosides huachoi (Mello-Leitão, 1942, T from Hippasosa) = Prolycosides aussereri (Keyserling, 1877) (Paredes-Munguía, Brescovit & Teixeira, 2024: 59)

Prolycosides melanostoma (Mello-Leitão, 1941, T from Megarctosa) = Prolycosides aussereri (Keyserling, 1877) (Paredes-Munguía, Brescovit & Teixeira, 2024: 59)

Prolycosides planithoracis (Mello-Leitão, 1938, T from Hogna) = Prolycosides aussereri (Keyserling, 1877) (Paredes-Munguía, Brescovit & Teixeira, 2024: 59)

Prolycosides proletaria (Tullgren, 1905, T from Schizocosa) = Prolycosides aussereri (Keyserling, 1877) (Paredes-Munguía, Brescovit & Teixeira, 2024: 59)

Prolycosides soukupi (Mello-Leitão, 1942, T from Pirata) = Prolycosides aussereri (Keyserling, 1877) (Paredes-Munguía, Brescovit & Teixeira, 2024: 59)

Prolycosides variolosa (Mello-Leitão, 1941, T from Hogna) = Prolycosides aussereri (Keyserling, 1877) (Paredes-Munguía, Brescovit & Teixeira, 2024: 59)

Prolycosides workmani (Strand, 1909, T from Arctosa) = Prolycosides aussereri (Keyserling, 1877) (Paredes-Munguía, Brescovit & Teixeira, 2024: 59)

Prolycosides amblygyna (Mello-Leitão, 1942) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019155 TYPE SPECIES

Lycosa (Prolycosides) amblygyna Mello-Leitão, 1942b: 392, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Prolycosides amblygyna Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 262 (T from Lycosa)

Prolycosides aussereri (Keyserling, 1877) | | Cuba, Puerto Rico, Anguilla, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017549

Tarentula aussereri Keyserling, 1877a: 657, pl. 7, f. 33 (Df) Original description

Lycosa aussereri Banks, 1901d: 223

Lycosa proletaria Tullgren, 1905: 65, pl. 8, f. 31 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019215]

Tarentula workmani Strand, 1909d: 277 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017696]

Lycosa planithoracis Mello-Leitão, 1938a: 98, f. 12-13 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018091]

Lycosa variolosa Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 134, f. 32, pl. VI, f. 26 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018148]

Lycosa proletaria Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 134, f. 28 (Dm)

Lycosa melanostoma Mello-Leitão, 1941f: 208, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018456]

Lycosa huachoi Mello-Leitão, 1942a: 431, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018470]

Lycosa soukupi Mello-Leitão, 1942a: 431, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019115]

Lycosa abalosi Mello-Leitão, 1942b: 391, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019051]

Arctosa aussereri Roewer, 1955c: 230

Hygrolycosa workmani Roewer, 1955c: 261

Hogna planithorax Roewer, 1955c: 256 (unjustified emendation)

Lycorma variculosa Roewer, 1955c: 267 (T from Lycosa, lapsus)

Megarctosa melanostoma Roewer, 1955c: 278

Ocyale huachoi Roewer, 1955c: 281

Sosilaus abalosi Roewer, 1955c: 296

Sosilaus soukupi Roewer, 1955c: 296

Avicosa proletaria Roewer, 1955c: 236

Arctosella workmani Roewer, 1960d: 671 (T from Hygrolycosa)

Hippasosa huachoi Sherwood, 2022c: 583 (T from Ocyale)

Prolycosides aussereri Paredes-Munguía, Brescovit & Teixeira, 2024: 59, f. 52a-i, 53a-i, 54a-c, 55a-c, 56a-b (mf, T from Arctosa, S of Arctosa workmani, Hippasosa huachoi, Hogna planithoracis, H. variolosa, Megarctosa melanostoma, Pirata abalosi, P. soukupi and Schizocosa proletaria)

Prolycosides aussereri Sherwood et al., 2026c: 16, f. 5D-H (mf)