Family Lycosidae Sundevall 1833 (wolf spider)
Arachnida - Araneae - Lycosidae
Parent taxon: Lycosoidea according to W. C. Wheeler et al. 2017
See also Dunlop et al. 2013 and Petrunkevitch 1922
Sister taxa: Ctenidae, Insecutoridae, Korearachne, Oxyopidae, Parattidae, Pisauridae, Succinomidae, Thomisidae, Trechaleidae
Subtaxa: Alopecosa Dryadia Lycosa Pardosa Pirata Trochosa
Type: Lycosa
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)
• Pliocene of Germany (1)
• Miocene of China (1), Germany (1), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 8 collections including 16 occurrences