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Genus: Trochosa C. L. Koch, 1847 | Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Trochosa nossibeensis (Strand, 1907)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017849

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar

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Type Repository Provide information

Neotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany f (9910480) - (Sherwood & Jäger, 2024)
Holotype: Museum Lübeck, Germany; type material destroyed 1942 - (Roewer, 1960d)

Taxonomic References

Tarentula nossibeensis Strand, 1907d: 743 (Dj) Original description

Geolycosa nossibeensis Roewer, 1955c: 242

Geolycosa nossibeensis Roewer, 1960d: 715, f. 400a-c (Df)

Trochosa nossibeensis Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 3, f. 2A-D, 3A-C, 4A-C (f, T from Geolycosa)

References

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1960d). Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae) (Fortsetzung und Schluss). Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte 55: 519-1040. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. & Jäger, P. (2024). Identity check: documenting the type specimens of historical Malagasy wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Naturais 19(3, e2024-1043): 1-10. doi: 10.46357/bcnaturais.v19i3.1043 -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907d). Diagnosen neuer Spinnen aus Madagaskar und Sansibar. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 725-748. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-12-31	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood & Jäger, 2024
2024-12-31	Species transferred to new genus	Sherwood & Jäger, 2024		Species transferred from Geolycosa to Trochosa