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Genus: Lycosoides Lucas, 1846 | Family: Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Lycosoides instabilis (Denis, 1954)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021020

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Described:

Distribution: Morocco

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Type Repository Provide information

Allotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f - (de Blauwe, 1980a)
Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m - (de Blauwe, 1980a)

Taxonomic References

Textrix instabilis Denis, 1954b: 138, f. 13-16 (Dmf) Original description

Lycosoides instabilis Lehtinen, 1967: 245 (Tmf from Textrix)

Textrix instabilis de Blauwe, 1980a: 29, f. 40-45 (mf)

Lycosoides instabilis Bosmans et al., 2022: 329, f. 46-55 (mf)

Lycosoides instabilis Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 127, f. 71A-D (f)

References

Blauwe, R. de (1980a). Revision de la famille des Agelenidae (Araneae) de la region mediterraneene (2e partie). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 52(1): 1-54. -- Show included taxa

Bosmans, R., Lecigne, S., Benhalima, S. & Abrous-Kherbouche, A. (2022). The genus Lycosoides Lucas, 1846 in the Maghreb region, with the description of five new species (Araneae: Agelenidae). Arachnology 19(Special Issue): 316-340. doi: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.sp1.316 -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1954b). Notes d'aranéologie marocaine. III. Quelques araignées du massif de l'Ayachi, avec une étude sur les Textrix du Maroc. Revue Française d'Entomologie 21: 132-144. -- Show included taxa

Lecigne, S., Moutaouakil, S. & Lips, J. (2025). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184. -- Show included taxa

Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199-468. [[second pdf: index and outline by V. D. Roth (unpubl.)]] -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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
2025-04-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025
2025-03-05	Species distribution update		Old value
2022-06-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Bosmans et al., 2022
2022-06-15	Species distribution update	Bosmans et al., 2022	Old value