World Spider Catalog

Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Family | ACCEPTED

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)