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(WSC 15.0) did not accept Guy's conclusions; the changes by Guy, 1966 are noted (except where more recent work has superseded them); Guy, 1969 is merely a literature compilation that reflects those changes and is not cited separately; several genera of Lycosidae have been found not to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. Lynxosa Roewer, 1960 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05889
type Lycosa inexorabilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869; gender feminine
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Hogna Simon, 1885 by Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1242 (contra Wunderlich, 1992a: 258); already used as nomen nudum by Roewer, 1955c: 277 and considered a subgenus of Schizocosa Chamberlin, 1904 by Guy, 1966: 65 (not accepted by later authors).

In synonymy:

Lynxosa sanctaehelenae (Strand, 1909, T from Xerolycosa) = Lynxosa ligata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870) (Tongiorgi, 1977: 113)

Lynxosa inexorabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870) | | St. Helena urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018012 TYPE SPECIES
Lycosa inexorabilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870b: 541, pl. 42, f. 9 (Df) Original description
Lynxosa inexorabilis Roewer, 1955c: 277 (in generic nomen nudum)
Lynxosa inexorabilis Roewer, 1960d: 899, f. 499a-b (f)
Lynxosa inexorabilis Tongiorgi, 1977: 111, f. 48a-f (f, Dm)
Hogna inexorabilis Sherwood et al., 2023d: 831, f. 85-96 (mf)
Lynxosa inexorabilis Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1243 (T from Hogna)
Lynxosa ligata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870) | | St. Helena urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018039
Lycosa ligata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870b: 540, pl. 42, f. 8 (Dmf) Original description
Tarentula sanctae-helenae Strand, 1909g: 588 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056621]
Vesubia ligata Roewer, 1955c: 308
Xerolycosa sanctae-helenae Roewer, 1955c: 310
Vesubia ligata Roewer, 1960d: 892, f. 495a-c (mf)
Lynxosa ligata Tongiorgi, 1977: 113, f. 49a-g (mf, T from Vesubia, S of Xerolycosa sanctaehelenae)
Hogna ligata Sherwood et al., 2023d: 834, f. 97-119, 121-124 (mf)
Lynxosa ligata Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1243 (T from Hogna)
Lynxosa nefasta (Tongiorgi, 1977) | | St. Helena urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018065
Hogna nefasta Tongiorgi, 1977: 119, f. 51a-d (Df) Original description
Hogna nefasta Sherwood et al., 2023d: 840, f. 125-146, 179-180 (f)
Lynxosa nefasta Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1243 (T from Hogna)
Lynxosa veseyensis (Sherwood, Henrard, Logunov & Fowler, 2023) | | St. Helena urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058492
Hogna veseyensis Sherwood et al., 2023d: 843, f. 147-167, 170-171 (Dmf) Original description
Lynxosa veseyensis Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1243 (T from Hogna)

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