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

Lycosa tarantuloides Perty, 1833

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018412

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Described: j

Distribution: Brazil

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Taxonomic References

Lycosa tarantuloides Perty, 1833: 196, pl. 38, f. 14 (Dj) Original description

Lycosa (Tarantula) pertyi C. L. Koch, 1847: 156, f. 1382 (Dj; new name for Lycosa tarantuloides, thought preoccupied by Walckenaer, 1837, see Lycosa singoriensis [spelled tarentuloides and rather used in a subgeneric sense, see Bonnet, 1959: 4260]) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065527]

Tarentula pertyi Simon, 1864: 350

Lycosa tarentuloides Roewer, 1955c: 275 (S of Lycosa pertyi)

Lycosa tarantuloides Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025: 45 (immature, no type material, unidentifiable, nomen dubium)

References

Koch, C. L. (1847). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Vierzehnter Band, pp. 89-210, pl. 481-504 (f. 1343-1412); Fünfzehnter Band, pp. 1-136, pl. 505-540 (f. 1413-1504); Sechszehnter und letzter Band, pp. 1-80, pl. 541-563 (f. 1505-1550), Index 64 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Perty, M. (1833). Arachnides Brasilienses. In: de Spix, J. B. & Martius, F. P. (eds.) Delectus animalium articulatorum quae in itinere per Braziliam ann. 1817 et 1820 colligerunt. Monachii [= München/Munich], pp. 191-209, pls. 38-39. -- Show included taxa

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., Blick, T. & Ballarin, F. (2025). Studies on spider nomenclature IV: additional dubious and unavailable nomina, status of genera with invalid type species, further synonymies, and emendations (Arachnida: Araneae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 47: 43-54. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1864). Histoire naturelle des Araignées (Aranéides). Roret, Paris, 540 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.47654 [[there are two published versions of pp. 65-68, version 1 from BHL, version 2 from Munich library]] -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-12	Taxon is nomen dubium	Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025		Taxon declared a nomen dubium