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Genus: Lycosa Latreille, 1804 | Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Lycosa madagascariensis Vinson, 1863

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018311

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar

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Holotype: types cannot be located - (Sherwood & Jäger, 2024)

Taxonomic References

Lycosa madagascariensis Vinson, 1863: 297 (Df) Original description

Lycosa madagascariensis Roewer, 1955c: 271 (incertae sedis)

Lycosa madagascariensis Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 6 (species inquirenda)

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

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

Vinson, A. (1863). Aranéides des îles de La Réunion, Maurice et Madagascar. Librairie Classique Eugène Belin, Paris, 337 pp., pl. 1-14. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.125517 -- Show included taxa

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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