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

Lycosa pakistanensis Sherwood & Blick, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066657

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Described:

Distribution: Pakistan

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Department of Zoology and Fisheries, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan f - (Butt, Anwar & Tahir, 2006)
Allotype: University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan m - (Butt, Anwar & Tahir, 2006)
Paratype: University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan 8m 6f - (Butt, Anwar & Tahir, 2006)
Paratype: Department of Zoology and Fisheries, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan 5f - (Butt, Anwar & Tahir, 2006)

Taxonomic References

Lycosa nigricans Butt, Anwar & Tahir, 2006: 185, f. 1A-D (Dmf; preoccupied by Simon, 1886, see Alopecosa nigricans) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040086]

Lycosa pakistanensis Sherwood & Blick in Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025: 50 (replacement name) Original description

References

Butt, A., Anwar, R. & Tahir, M. (2006). Some new species of family Lycosidae from agricultural fields of Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 38: 185-189. -- 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

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-13	New species inserted	Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025

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