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Lycosa

Arachnida - Araneae - Lycosidae

Taxonomy
Lycosa was named by Latreille (1804). It is extant. It is the type genus of Lycosidae, Lycosoidea.

It was assigned to Lycosidae by Petrunkevitch (1922) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Lycosa Latreille
1922Lycosa Petrunkevitch p. 273
2013Lycosa Dunlop et al. p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
EntelegynaeSimon 1893
superfamilyLycosoideaSundevall 1833
familyLycosidaeSundevall 1833
genusLycosaLatreille 1804

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Lycosa Latreille 1804
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Lycosa florissanti Petrunkevitch 1922
Lycosa lithographica Schawaller and Ono 1979
Lycosa malleata Zhang et al. 1994
Lycosa miocaena Schawaller and Ono 1979
Lycosa subterranea Zhang et al. 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the MN 5 or 37.20000 to 13.65000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) L. florissanti (123119)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) L. subterranea, L. malleata (138945)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) L. miocaena, L. lithographica (109058)