World Spider Catalog

Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Family | ACCEPTED

In synonymy:

Trabaeosa Roewer, 1960 = Trabea Simon, 1876 (Guy, 1966: 64, Russell-Smith, 1982: 70)

Gen. Trabea Simon, 1876 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01664

type Trabea paradoxa Simon, 1876; gender feminine

N.B.: Trabaea is an unjustified emendation; considered a senior synonym of Trabaeosa Roewer, 1960d: 581 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05644] (type Trabea heteroculata Strand, 1913) by Russell-Smith, 1982: 70 (cf. Guy, 1966).

Transferred to other genera:

Trabea magallanica (Karsch, 1880) -- see Lycosa

In synonymy:

Trabea straeleni (Roewer, 1960) = Trabea bipunctata (Roewer, 1959) (Alderweireldt, 1999: 449, sub Trabea straeleni)

Homonym replaced:

Trabea lineata Purcell, 1903 -- see Trabea purcelli Roewer, 1951 Roewer, 1951

Trabea bipunctata (Roewer, 1959) | | DR Congo, Rwanda, Malawi, Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019250

Pseudevippa bipunctata Roewer, 1959b: 204, f. 107a-c (Dm) Original description

Trabaeosa straeleni Roewer, 1960d: 585, f. 331a-e (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055373]

Trabea straeleni Alderweireldt, 1999: 449, f. 1-3 (mf, removed from S of Trabea purcelli [rejecting Russell-Smith, 1982: 75], S of T. bipunctata [removed from S of T. purcelli, rejecting Alderweireldt, 1991: 379], erroneously used younger name)

Trabea cazorla Snazell, 1983 | | Spain, Morocco, Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019251

Trabaea cazorla Snazell, 1983a: 75, f. 1, 3, 5, 7 (Dmf) Original description

Trabea cazorla Breitling, 2020: 351, f. 22D-E (m)

Trabea cazorla Lecigne et al., 2026: 70, f. 38A-D (f)

Trabea henrardi Alderweireldt & Jocqué, 2022 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053828

Trabea henrardi Alderweireldt & Jocqué, 2022: 16, f. 1-12 (Dmf) Original description

Trabea heteroculata Strand, 1913 | | Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019252

Trabaea heteroculata Strand, 1913a: 456 (Df) Original description

Trabea heteroculata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021l: 60, 7 f. (mf)

Trabaea heteroculata Lessert, 1926: 346, f. 10 (f, Dm)

Trabaeosa heteroculata Roewer, 1955c: 297

Trabea heteroculata Roewer, 1960d: 583, f. 330a-d (mf)

Trabea heteroculata Russell-Smith, 1982: 84, f. 8A-F (mf)

Trabea heteroculata Alderweireldt, 1999: 451, f. 7-9 (mf)

Trabea hirsuta Russell-Smith & Logunov, 2025 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064358

Trabea hirsuta Russell-Smith & Logunov, 2025a: 121, f. 1-12, B4, F3 (Dmf) Original description

Trabea natalensis Russell-Smith, 1982 | | South Africa, Lesotho urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019253

Trabea natalensis Russell-Smith, 1982: 83, f. 7A-E (Dm) Original description

Trabea natalensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021l: 61, 5 f. (m)

Trabea natalensis Russell-Smith & Logunov, 2025a: 125, f. 27-38, C3-C4, G2 (m, Df)

Trabea nigriceps Purcell, 1903 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019254

Trabaea nigriceps Purcell, 1903b: 132 (Dm) Original description

Trabaeosa nigriceps Roewer, 1955c: 297

Trabea nigriceps Russell-Smith, 1982: 78, f. 5A-F, 11B (m, Df)

Trabea nigriceps Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021l: 62, 5 f. (mf)

Trabea nigriceps Russell-Smith & Logunov, 2025a: 130, f. D2, H2-H3 (mf)

Trabea nigristernis Alderweireldt, 1999 | | Malawi urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019255

Trabea nigristernis Alderweireldt, 1999: 452, f. 10-16 (Dmf) Original description

Trabea obscura Russell-Smith & Logunov, 2025 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064359

Trabea obscura Russell-Smith & Logunov, 2025a: 123, f. 14-26, B1, B3, F2, G3 (Dmf) Original description

Trabea ornatipalpis Russell-Smith, 1982 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019256

Trabea ornatipalpis Russell-Smith, 1982: 77, f. 4A-F, 11E-F (Dmf) Original description

Trabea ornatipalpis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021l: 63, 5 f. (mf)

Trabea ornatipalpis Russell-Smith & Logunov, 2025a: 129, f. C1-C2, F4, G1 (mf)

Trabea paradoxa Simon, 1876 | | Southern Europe, Turkey urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019257 TYPE SPECIES

Trabea paradoxa Simon, 1876a: 357, pl. 12, f. 10-11 (Dmf) Original description

Trabea paradoxa Simon, 1898a: 349, f. 337

Trabea paradoxa Simon, 1937: 1123, 1141, f. 1776-1777 (mf)

Trabea paradoxa Tongiorgi, 1968: 109, f. 1, pl. I, f. 3-4, pl. II, f. 4-6 (mf)

Trabea paradoxa Russell-Smith, 1982: 73, f. 1A-D, 2A-E, 11A (mf)

Trabea paradoxa Snazell, 1983a: 75, f. 2, 4, 6, 8 (mf)

Trabea paradoxa Wunderlich, 1984a: 25, f. 1-2 (mf)

Trabea paradoxa Trotta, 2005: 169, f. 340-343 (mf)

Trabea paradoxa Komnenov et al., 2016: 33, f. 64-65 (m)

Trabea paradoxa Lecigne, 2017: 31, f. 15I-J (m)

Trabea purcelli Roewer, 1951 | | DR Congo, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019258

Trabaea lineata Purcell, 1903b: 130, pl. 8, f. 20 (Df; preoccupied by L. Koch, 1877, see Artoria lineata) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064341]

Trabaea purcelli Roewer, 1951: 442 (replacement name) Original description

Trabaeosa purcelli Roewer, 1955c: 297

Trabea purcelli Roewer, 1960d: 588, f. 332 (f)

Trabea purcelli Russell-Smith, 1982: 74, f. 3A-F, 11C-D (mf, S of Trabaeosa straeleni, rejected by Alderweireldt, 1999: 449, see Trabea bipunctata)

Trabea purcelli Alderweireldt, 1991: 379 (S of Pseudevippa bipunctata, revalidated by Alderweireldt, 1999: 449)

Trabea purcelli Alderweireldt, 1999: 450, f. 4-6 (mf)

Trabea purcelli Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021l: 64, p. 64: 7 f., p. 65: 2 f. (mf)

Trabea purcelli Russell-Smith & Logunov, 2025a: 130, f. D1, H1 (mf)

Trabea rubriceps Lawrence, 1952 | | South Africa, Lesotho urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019259

Trabaea rubriceps Lawrence, 1952a: 221, f. 73 (Df) Original description

Trabaeosa rubriceps Roewer, 1955c: 297

Trabea rubriceps Roewer, 1959b: 169 (T from Trabaeosa)

Trabea rubriceps Russell-Smith, 1982: 88, f. 10A-D (f)

Trabea rubriceps Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021l: 66, 5 f. (f)

Trabea rubriceps Russell-Smith & Logunov, 2025a: 127, f. 39-50, A1, A3, E1, E3 (Dm, f)

Trabea setula Alderweireldt, 1999 | | Malawi urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019260

Trabea setula Alderweireldt, 1999: 454, f. 17-23 (Dmf) Original description

Trabea unicolor Purcell, 1903 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019261

Trabaea unicolor Purcell, 1903b: 132 (Dm) Original description

Trabaeosa unicolor Roewer, 1955c: 297

Trabea unicolor Russell-Smith, 1982: 85, f. 9A-E (m)

Trabea unicolor Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021l: 67, 3 f. (m)

Trabea unicolor Russell-Smith & Logunov, 2025a: 130, f. D3 (m)

Trabea varia Purcell, 1903 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019262

Trabaea varia Purcell, 1903b: 131 (Dmf) Original description

Trabaeosa varia Roewer, 1955c: 297

Trabea varia Russell-Smith, 1982: 80, f. 6A-F (mf)

Trabea varia Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021l: 68, 4 f. (mf)

Trabea varia Russell-Smith & Logunov, 2025a: 129, f. A4, E4 (mf)