World Spider Catalog

Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Varacosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01672

type Trochosa avara Keyserling, 1877; gender feminine

N.B.: described as subgenus of Trochosa C. L. Koch, 1847; removed from the synonymy of Trochosa by Jiménez & Dondale, 1988: 172 (sensu Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 36, not Roewer, 1955c: 304; see under Trochosa for all names listed by Roewer, 1955c: 304 under Varacosa, except V. avara, V. gosiuta, V. parthenus and V. shenandoa).

Transferred to other genera:

Varacosa tanna (Strand, 1913) -- see Hogna

In synonymy:

Varacosa rufiventris (Banks, 1892) = Varacosa avara (Keyserling, 1877) (Chamberlin, 1908: 281, sub Lycosa)

Varacosa apothetica (Wallace, 1947) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019276

Lycosa apothetica Wallace, 1947: 33, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Varacosa apothetica Roewer, 1955c: 306

Varacosa apothetica Dreyer, 2008: 487, f. 1-7 (mf, T from Trochosa)

Varacosa avara (Keyserling, 1877) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019387 TYPE SPECIES

Trochosa avara Keyserling, 1877a: 661, pl. 8, f. 38-39 (Dmf) Original description

Lycosa rufiventris Banks, 1892a: 65, pl. 3, f. 35 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067052]

Lycosa avara Montgomery, 1903: 650, pl. 29, f. 2 (f)

Trochosa avara Montgomery, 1904: 304, pl. 18, f. 12, pl. 20, f. 42 (mf)

Lycosa avara Chamberlin, 1908: 279, pl. 20, f. 1-3 (mf, S of Lycosa rufiventris)

Lycosa avara Emerton, 1909: 202, pl. 7, f. 2 (f)

Lycosa avara Comstock, 1912: 640, f. 720a

Lycosa avara Comstock, 1940: 650, f. 720a (f)

Trochosa (Varacosa) avara Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 36

Lycosa avara Kaston, 1948: 329, f. 1091, 1114-1116 (mf)

Trochosa avara Brady, 1980: 191, f. 3, 19-21, 36-40 (mf)

Varacosa avara Roth, 1982: 28-7, f. 5 (m)

Varacosa avara Roth, 1985: B24-6, f. 5 (m)

Varacosa avara Jiménez & Dondale, 1988: 172, f. 1-4 (mf, T from Trochosa)

Varacosa avara Dondale & Redner, 1990: 93, f. 108-112 (mf)

Varacosa avara Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 171, f. 1929-1932 (mf)

Varacosa gosiuta (Chamberlin, 1908) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019388

Lycosa avara gosiuta Chamberlin, 1908: 281, pl. 20, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Lycosa gosiuta Banks, Newport & Bird, 1932: 31, f. 3, 5, 7 (mf)

Lycosa gosiuta Gertsch, 1935a: 20

Trochosa (Varacosa) gosiuta Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 36

Varacosa gosiuta Roewer, 1955c: 306

Trochosa gosiuta Brady, 1980: 196, f. 4, 26-27, 44-46 (mf)

Varacosa gosiuta Jiménez & Dondale, 1988: 172 (T from Trochosa)

Varacosa hoffmannae Jiménez & Dondale, 1988 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019389

Varacosa hoffmannae Jiménez & Dondale, 1988: 172, f. 5-10 (Dmf) Original description

Varacosa parthenus (Chamberlin, 1925) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019390

Lycosa parthenus Chamberlin, 1925d: 228 (Df) Original description

Lycosa parthenus Gertsch & Wallace, 1935: 12, f. 28-29 (Dm, f)

Trochosa (Varacosa) parthenus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 36

Varacosa parthenus Roewer, 1955c: 306

Trochosa parthenus Brady, 1980: 204, f. 6-9, 32-33 (mf)

Varacosa parthenus Jiménez & Dondale, 1988: 172 (T from Trochosa)

Varacosa shenandoa (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019391

Trochosa (Varacosa) shenandoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 37, pl. 7, f. 78 (Df) Original description

Trochosa shenandoa Barnes, 1953: 14, f. 10 (Dm)

Varacosa shenandoa Roewer, 1955c: 307

Trochosa shenandoa Brady, 1980: 200, f. 5, 17-18, 22-25, 34-35, 41-43 (mf)

Varacosa shenandoa Roth, 1982: 28-7, f. 6 (f)

Varacosa shenandoa Roth, 1985: B24-6, f. 6 (f)

Varacosa shenandoa Dondale & Redner, 1990: 94, f. 113-117 (mf, T from Trochosa)

Varacosa shenandoa Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 171, f. 1933-1936 (mf)