World Spider Catalog

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(WSC 15.0) did not accept Guy's conclusions; the changes by Guy, 1966 are noted (except where more recent work has superseded them); Guy, 1969 is merely a literature compilation that reflects those changes and is not cited separately; several genera of Lycosidae have been found not to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. Karakumosa Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04664

type Karakumosa repetek Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Karakumosa golestanica Shafaie, Nadolny & Mirshamsi, 2022 = Karakumosa turanica Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 (Logunov, 2023b: 500)

Karakumosa alticeps (Kroneberg, 1875) | | Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017929

Tarentula alticeps Kroneberg, 1875: 40, pl. 4, f. 28 (Dmf; some paralectotypes belong to Karakumosa sogdiana per Logunov, 2024e: 409) Original description

Hogna alticeps Roewer, 1955c: 247

Karakumosa alticeps Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020c: 280, f. 2-20, 22-29 (mf, T from Hogna)

Karakumosa badkhyzica Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 | | Turkmenistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052446

Karakumosa badkhyzica Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020c: 284, f. 30-48 (Dmf) Original description

Karakumosa ferganensis Logunov, 2023 | | Uzbekistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059618

Karakumosa ferganensis Logunov, 2023b: 496, f. 104-108 (Df) Original description

Karakumosa gromovi Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 | | Uzbekistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052447

Karakumosa gromovi Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020c: 287, f. 49-75 (Dmf) Original description

Karakumosa medica (Pocock, 1889) | | Afghanistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018058

Tarentula medica Pocock, 1889: 110, pl. 13, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Lycosa medica Schmidt, 1895: 450

Hogna media Roewer, 1955c: 249

Karakumosa medica Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020c: 291, f. 77-88 (mf, T from Hogna)

Karakumosa muratovi Fomichev, 2025 | | Tajikistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066054

Karakumosa muratovi Fomichev, 2025b: 398, f. 1-23, 47-48 (Dmf) Original description

Karakumosa ovtchinnikovi Logunov, 2023 | | Uzbekistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059619

Karakumosa ovtchinnikovi Logunov, 2023b: 496, f. 109-119 (Dmf) Original description

Karakumosa repetek Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 | | Turkmenistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052445 TYPE SPECIES

Karakumosa repetek Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020c: 293, f. 89-102 (Dmf) Original description

Karakumosa reshetnikovi Logunov & Fomichev, 2021 | | Tajikistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052870

Karakumosa reshetnikovi Logunov & Fomichev, 2021: 678, f. 1-8 (Df) Original description

Karakumosa reshetnikovi Fomichev, 2025b: 400, f. 24-46, 49-50 (Dm, f)

Karakumosa sarvari Shafaie, Nadolny & Mirshamsi, 2022 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053858

Karakumosa sarvari Shafaie, Nadolny & Mirshamsi, 2022: 509, f. 21-32 (Dm) Original description

Karakumosa severtsovi Logunov, 2023 | | Tajikistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059620

Karakumosa severtsovi Logunov, 2023b: 498, f. 120-124 (Df) Original description

Karakumosa severtsovi Logunov, Bektursunova & Abdullaev, 2026: 559, f. 11-12 (f)

Karakumosa shmatkoi Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 | | Russia (Europe), Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052448

Karakumosa shmatkoi Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020c: 295, f. 103-141 (Dmf) Original description

Karakumosa shmatkoi Shafaie, Nadolny & Mirshamsi, 2022: 516, f. 45-56 (m)

Karakumosa sogdiana Logunov, 2024 | | Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062346

Karakumosa turanica Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020c: 303, f. 165, 168 (f; misidentified per Logunov, 2024e: 409)

Karakumosa turanica Logunov, 2023b: 500, f. 125-128 (m; misidentified per Logunov, 2024e: 409)

Karakumosa sogdiana Logunov, 2024e: 409, f. 1-13, 15-18, 30-32, 36-38 (Dmf; see also Karakumosa alticeps) Original description

Karakumosa tashkumyr Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 | | Kyrgyzstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052449

Karakumosa tashkumyr Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020c: 303, f. 142-154 (Dm) Original description

Karakumosa turanica Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 | | Iran, Turkmenistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052450

Karakumosa turanica Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020c: 303, f. 156-164, 166-167 (Dmf; f f. 165, 168 see Karakumosa sogdiana) Original description

Karakumosa turanica Logunov & Fomichev, 2021: 679, f. 9-10 (f)

Karakumosa golestanica Shafaie, Nadolny & Mirshamsi, 2022: 505, f. 8-20 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053857]

Karakumosa turanica Shafaie et al., 2022: 241, f. 30-35 (f)

Karakumosa turanica Logunov, 2023b: 500 (S of Karakumosa golestanica, m f. 125-128 see Karakumosa sogdiana)

Karakumosa turanica Logunov, 2024e: 411, f. 14, 19-29, 33-35 (m)

Karakumosa ustyurtica Logunov & Bektursunova, 2026 | | Uzbekistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066761

Karakumosa ustyurtica Logunov & Bektursunova in Logunov, Bektursunova & Abdullaev, 2026: 559, f. 1-10 (Dmf) Original description

Karakumosa xinjiang Wang, Yang & Zhang, 2023 | | China, Kazakhstan? urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059465

Karakumosa xinjiang Wang, Yang & Zhang, 2023: 94, f. 1A-D, 2A-E, 3A-F, 4A-C (Dmf) Original description

Karakumosa cf. xinjiang Nekhaeva et al., 2026: 32, f. 1P-Q (f)

Karakumosa yahaghii Shafaie, Nadolny & Mirshamsi, 2022 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053859

Karakumosa yahaghii Shafaie, Nadolny & Mirshamsi, 2022: 512, f. 33-44 (Dm) Original description

Karakumosa zyuzini Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 | | Iran, Uzbekistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052451

Karakumosa zyuzini Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020c: 305, f. 169-186 (Dmf) Original description

Karakumosa zyuzini Logunov & Fomichev, 2021: 679, f. 11-12 (f)

Karakumosa zyuzini Shafaie et al., 2022: 241, f. 36-41 (f)