Pisauridae Simon, 1890

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: the Dolomedidae (incl. Bradystichidae) are removed from the synonymy by Morris, Hazzi & Hormiga, 2025: 8, confirmed by Yu et al., 2025: 431 (confirming Lehtinen, 1967: 231, rejecting Sierwald, 1990: 50); Sierwald, 1990: 50 recognized also a "Trechalea genus group [that] is not a close relative of the nursery-web Pisauridae" and whose members are now listed under Trechaleidae; considered a synonym of Halidae Jocqué, 1994b: 281 by Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 212 (confirmed by Polotow, Carmichael & Griswold, 2015); probably includes Senoculidae per Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix; Morris, Hazzi & Hormiga, 2025: 8 list three subfamilies (Halinae Jocqué, 1994: Hala, Tolma; Thaumasiinae Petrunkevitch, 1928: Architis, Thaumasia; Pisaurinae: Cladycnis, Dendrolycosa, Nilus, Paracladycnis, Perenethis, Pisaura, Pisaurina, Sphedanus) and numerous genera are deemed incertae sedis in terms of their subfamilial placement; Blandinia Tonini, Silva, Filho & Freitas, 2016 is excluded from the Pisauridae by Yu et al., 2025: 431 ("incertae sedis"), but not included into another family.

In synonymy:

Campostichommides Strand, 1911 = Dendrolycosa Doleschall, 1859 (Jäger, 2011: 10)

Dianpisaura Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 = Dendrolycosa Doleschall, 1859 (Jäger, 2011: 10)

Therimachus Thorell, 1895 = Dendrolycosa Doleschall, 1859 (Simon, 1898a: 294)

Gen. Dendrolycosa Doleschall, 1859 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01706
type Dendrolycosa fusca Doleschall, 1859; gender feminine
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Therimachus Thorell, 1895b: 224 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06418] (type T. robustus Thorell, 1895) by Simon, 1898a: 294, of Campostichommides Strand, 1911d: 164 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01698] (type C. inquirenda Strand, 1911) by Lehtinen, 1967: 221 (transferred from the Agelenidae to the Pisauridae) and of Dianpisaura Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004d: 366 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03702] (type Pisaura lizhii Zhang, 2000) by Jäger, 2011: 10.

Transferred to other genera:

Dendrolycosa gracilis Thorell, 1891 -- see Hygropoda

Dendrolycosa lineata Thorell, 1881 -- see Hygropoda

In synonymy:

Dendrolycosa bobbiliensis (Reddy & Patel, 1993) = Dendrolycosa robusta (Thorell, 1895) (Sankaran et al., 2026: 2)

Dendrolycosa kochi Simon, 1898 = Dendrolycosa yuka Jäger, 2011 (Jäger, 2011: 31)

Dendrolycosa lanceolata (Simon, 1898, T from Nilus) = Dendrolycosa robusta (Thorell, 1895) (Jäger, 2011: 14)

Dendrolycosa lizhii (Zhang, 2000, T from Dianpisaura) = Dendrolycosa robusta (Thorell, 1895) (Jäger, 2011: 14)

Nomina dubia:

Dendrolycosa inquirenda (Strand, 1911d: 164, pl. 5, f. 67, j, Indonesia/Kei Is., originally in Campostichommides) -- Jäger, 2011: 28

Dendrolycosa spadicaria (Simon, 1897g: 262, j, India, originally in Sphedanus) -- Jäger, 2011: 13

Dendrolycosa stauntoni Pocock, 1900a: 247 (f, India) -- Jäger, 2011: 13

Dendrolycosa bairdi Jäger, 2011 | | Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044328
Dendrolycosa bairdi Jäger, 2011: 18, f. 84-95 (Dmf) Original description
Dendrolycosa cruciata (Roewer, 1955) | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019568
Cispiolus cruciatus Roewer, 1955b: 189, f. 74a-b (Df) Original description
Dendrolycosa cruciata Blandin, 1979: 365, f. 16, 21, 30 (f, T from Cispiolus)
Dendrolycosa cruciata Jäger, 2011: 11, f. 30-36 (f)
Dendrolycosa cruciata Silva, 2013a: 398, f. 1-4 (Dm)
Dendrolycosa duckitti Jäger, 2011 | | Laos, Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044329
Dendrolycosa fusca Blandin, 1979: 365, f. 36 (f; misidentified per Jäger, 2011: 21)
Dendrolycosa duckitti Jäger, 2011: 21, f. 96-111 (Dmf) Original description
Dendrolycosa fusca Doleschall, 1859 | | Indonesia (Ambon) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019569 TYPE SPECIES
Dendrolycosa fusca Doleschall, 1859: 51, pl. 7, f. 9 (Df) Original description
Dendrolycosa fusca Jäger, 2011: 27, f. 126-129, 132-134 (f)
Dendrolycosa gitae (Tikader, 1970) | | India (mainland, Andaman Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019755
Pisaura gitae Tikader, 1970: 59, f. 34a-b (Df; types are immature per Sudhin, Sen & Jäger, 2023: 72) Original description
Dendrolycosa gitae Jäger, 2011: 13, f. 41 (j, T from Pisaura)
Dendrolycosa gitae Sen et al., 2015: 91, f. 524-528, pl. 20 (Df)
Dendrolycosa gitae Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 86, f. 469-474, pl. 26 (Dm)
Dendrolycosa gitae Sudhin, Sen & Jäger, 2023: 72, f. 4A-C (j)
Dendrolycosa gitae Sankaran et al., 2026: 7 (probable S of Dendrolycosa spadicaria, currently a nomen dubium)
Dendrolycosa icadia (L. Koch, 1876) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019571
Dolomedes icadius L. Koch, 1876a: 859, pl. 73, f. 5 (Df) Original description
Nilus icadius Simon, 1898a: 290
Dendrolycosa icadius Davies, 1982: 479 (T from Nilus)
Dendrolycosa icadia Jäger, 2011: 32, f. 147-149, 153-158 (f)
Dendrolycosa icadia Raven & Hebron, 2018: 284, f. 72a-c, 73a-g (Dm, f)
Dendrolycosa kakadu Raven & Hebron, 2018 | | Australia (Northern Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050240
Dendrolycosa kakadu Raven & Hebron, 2018: 285, f. 5b, 74a-e (Dmf) Original description
Dendrolycosa lepida (Thorell, 1890) | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019573
Dolomedes lepidus Thorell, 1890c: 135 (Dj) Original description
Dolomedes lepidus Thorell, 1892a: 149
Dendrolycosa lepida Jäger, 2011: 25, f. 112-124 (Df)
Dendrolycosa ornata (Berland, 1924) | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019733
Nilus ornatus Berland, 1924a: 239, f. 183-185 (Df) Original description
Dendrolycosa ornata Jäger, 2011: 35, f. 150-152, 159-161 (f, T from Nilus)
Dendrolycosa parangbusta (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019762
Pisaura parangbusta Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 345, f. 204a-g (Dm) Original description
Dendrolycosa parangbusta Jäger, 2011: 27, f. 131 (m, T from Pisaura)
Dendrolycosa putiana (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019764
Pisaura putiana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 343, f. 203a-g (Dm) Original description
Dendrolycosa putiana Jäger, 2011: 27, f. 130 (m, T from Pisaura)
Dendrolycosa robusta (Thorell, 1895) | | India, Myanmar, China, Laos, Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019574
Therimachus robustus Thorell, 1895b: 224 (Dmf) Original description
Dendrolycosa robusta Simon, 1898a: 289
Nilus lanceolatus Simon, 1898f: 16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019731]
Pisaura bobbiliensis Reddy & Patel, 1993c: 181, f. 1-6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019752]
Pisaura lizhii Zhang, 2000a: 4, f. 3A-C (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019758]
Dianpisaura lizhii Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004d: 367, f. 2-7, 176-181 (Dm, f, T from Pisaura)
Dendrolycosa bobbiliensis Jäger, 2011: 13, f. 39-40 (f, T from Pisaura)
Dendrolycosa robusta Jäger, 2011: 14, f. 42-80 (mf, S of Nilus lanceolatus and Dianpisaura lizhii)
Dendrolycosa robusta Sudhin et al., 2025a: 185, f. 1A-D, 2A-F, 3A-B (m)
Dendrolycosa robusta Sankaran et al., 2026: 2, f. 1, 9-16 (f, S of Dendrolycosa bobbiliensis)
Dendrolycosa rossi Silva & Griswold, 2013 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046049
Dendrolycosa rossi Silva & Griswold, 2013a: 574, f. 1-21 (Dmf) Original description
Dendrolycosa sahyadriensis Sudhin, Sen & Jäger, 2023 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059241
Dendrolycosa sahyadriensis Sudhin, Sen & Jäger, 2023: 68, f. 1A-D, 2A-E, 3A-D (Dmf) Original description
Dendrolycosa sahyadriensis Sankaran et al., 2026: 4, f. 2, 17-25 (f, probable S of Dendrolycosa gitae)
Dendrolycosa sierwaldae Jäger, 2011 | | New Guinea (Indonesia or Papua New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044330
Dendrolycosa sierwaldae Jäger, 2011: 30, f. 135-137, 141-143 (Df) Original description
Dendrolycosa songi (Zhang, 2000) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019766
Pisaura songi Zhang, 2000a: 5, f. 5A-C (Df) Original description
Dianpisaura songi Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004d: 368, f. 8-10 (f, T from Pisaura)
Dendrolycosa songi Jäger, 2011: 17, f. 81-83 (f)
Dendrolycosa yuka Jäger, 2011 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044331
Dendrolycosa kochi Simon, 1898a: 289 (nomen nudum) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064328]
Dendrolycosa kochi Blandin, 1979: 365, f. 34 (f, nomen nudum)
Dendrolycosa yuka Jäger, 2011: 31, f. 138-140, 144-146 (Df, S of Dendrolycosa kochi) Original description
Dendrolycosa yuka Raven & Hebron, 2018: 286 (distribution corrected)

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