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(WSC 15.0) did not accept Guy's conclusions; the changes by Guy, 1966 are noted (except where more recent work has superseded them); Guy, 1969 is merely a literature compilation that reflects those changes and is not cited separately; several genera of Lycosidae have been found not to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. Venator Hogg, 1900 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01673
N.B.: not a senior synonym of Venatrix Roewer, 1960 (Framenau & Vink, 2001: 928, contra McKay, in Davies, 1985: 87.

Transferred to other genera:

Venator fuscus Hogg, 1900 -- see Venatrix

Venator immansuetus (Simon, 1909) | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018010
Lycosa immansueta Simon, 1909d: 183, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description
Hogna immansueta Roewer, 1955c: 253
Venator immansuetus Framenau, 2015: 546, f. 1B-C, 4A-D, 5A-F (Tmf from Hogna)
Venator judyrainbirdae Framenau & Douglas, 2023 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058509
Venator judyrainbirdae Framenau & Douglas, 2023: 2, f. 1A-F (Dm) Original description
Venator marginatus Hogg, 1900 | | Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019393
Venator marginatus Hogg, 1900: 120, pl. 17, f. 4 (Df) Original description
Venator marginatus Framenau, 2015: 548, f. 6 (f; N.B.: considered incerta sedis)
Venator spenceri Hogg, 1900 | | Australia (Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019394
Venator spenceri Hogg, 1900: 116, pl. 17, f. 2 (Df) Original description
Venator spenceri Framenau, 2015: 544, f. 1A, 2A-D, 3A-G (f, Dm)

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