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Lycosoidea

Arachnida - Araneae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Lycosoidea Sundevall
2013Lycosoidea Dunlop et al. p. 163
2017Lycosoidea Wheeler et al.

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

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.

Superfm. Lycosoidea Sundevall 1833
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Fm. Ctenidae Keyserling 1877
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G. †Nanoctenus Wunderlich 1988
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†Nanoctenus longipes Wunderlich 1988
Fm. †Insecutoridae Petrunkevitch 1942
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G. †Insecutor Petrunkevitch 1942
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†Insecutor aculeatus Petrunkevitch 1942
†Insecutor mandibulatus Petrunkevitch 1942
†Insecutor pecten Wunderlich 2004
†Insecutor rufus Petrunkevitch 1942
†Insecutor spinifer Wunderlich 2004
G. †Korearachne Selden et al. 2012
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†Korearachne jinju Selden et al. 2012
Fm. Lycosidae Sundevall 1833 [wolf spider]
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G. Alopecosa Simon 1885
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G. †Dryadia Zhang et al. 1994
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†Dryadia acanthopoda Zhang et al. 1994
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
G. Pardosa Koch 1847
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Pardosa pullata Clerck 1757
G. Pirata Sundevall 1833
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Pirata piraticus Clerck 1757
G. Trochosa Koch 1847
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Trochosa terricola Thorell 1856
Fm. Oxyopidae Thorell 1870
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G. Oxyopes Latreille 1804
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†Oxyopes defectus Wunderlich 1988
†Oxyopes succini Petrunkevitch 1958
G. †Planoxyopes Petrunkevitch 1963
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†Planoxyopes eximius Petrunkevitch 1963
Fm. †Parattidae Petrunkevitch 1922
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G. †Parattus Scudder 1890
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†Parattus evocatus Scudder 1890
†Parattus latitatus Scudder 1890
†Parattus oculatus Petrunkevitch 1922
†Parattus resurrectus Scudder 1890
Fm. Pisauridae Simon 1890
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Subfm. Dolomedinae Gerhardt and Kastner 1937
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G. Dolomedes Latreille 1804
G. †Eopisaurella Petrunkevitch 1958
Fm. †Succinomidae Wunderlich 2012
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G. †Eohalinobius Wunderlich 2008
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†Eohalinobius calefactus Wunderlich 2012
†Eohalinobius hiddenseeensis Wunderlich 2012
†Eohalinobius patina Wunderlich 2012
†Eohalinobius scutatus Wunderlich 2008
G. †Succinomus Wunderlich 2008
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†Succinomus duomammillae Wunderlich 2008
†Succinomus gibbosus Wunderlich 2012
Fm. Thomisidae Sundevall 1833 [crab spider]
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Subfm. Borboropactinae Wunderlich 2004
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G. Borboropactus Simon 1884
G. Coriarachne Thorell 1870
G. †Ecotona Lin et al. 1989
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†Ecotona brunnea Zhang et al. 1994
†Ecotona pilulifera Zhang et al. 1994
†Ecotona transipeda Lin et al. 1989
G. †Facundia Petrunkevitch 1942
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†Facundia clara Petrunkevitch 1942
G. †Fiducia Petrunkevitch 1950
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†Fiducia tenuipes Petrunkevitch 1950
G. †Filiolella Petrunkevitch 1955
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†Filiolella argentata Petrunkevitch 1942
Invalid names: Filiola Petrunkevitch 1942 [replaced]
G. †Heterotmarus Wunderlich 1988
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†Heterotmarus altus Wunderlich 1988
G. †Komisumena Ono 1981
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†Komisumena rosae Ono 1981
G. †Miothomisus Zhang et al. 1994
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†Miothomisus subnudus Zhang et al. 1994
†Miothomisus sylvaticus Zhang et al. 1994
G. Misumena Latreille 1804
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†Misumena samlandica Petrunkevitch 1942
G. †Palaeoxysticus Wunderlich 1985
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†Palaeoxysticus extinctus Wunderlich 1985
G. †Parvulus Zhang et al. 1994
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†Parvulus latissimus Zhang et al. 1994
Subfm. Stephanopinae Pickard-Cambridge 1871
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G. †Succinaenigma Wunderlich 2004
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†Succinaenigma raptor Wunderlich 2004
Tr. †Syphaxini Wunderlich 2015
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G. †Syphax Koch and Berendt 1854
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†Syphax asper Petrunkevitch 1950
†Syphax crassipes Petrunkevitch 1942
†Syphax fuliginosus Koch and Berendt 1854
†Syphax gracilis Koch and Berendt 1854
†Syphax megacephalus Koch and Berendt 1854
†Syphax secedens Wunderlich 2015
†Syphax thoracicus Koch and Berendt 1854
G. Synema Simon 1864
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†Synema enigmaticum Berland 1939
G. †Thomisiraptor Wunderlich 2004
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†Thomisiraptor liedtkei Wunderlich 2004
G. Thomisus Walckenaer 1805
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†Thomisus defossus Scudder 1890
†Thomisus disjunctus Scudder 1890
†Thomisus lividus Heer 1864
†Thomisus resutus Scudder 1890
†Thomisus sulzeri Heer 1864
G. Xysticus Koch 1835
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†Xysticus annulipes Bertkau 1878
†Xysticus archaeopalpus Leech and Matthews 1971
†Xysticus oeningensis Heer 1864
Invalid names: Borboropactidae Wunderlich 2004 [synonym], Thomisidites Straus 1967 [nomen dubium], Thomisidites hercynicus Straus 1967 [nomen dubium]
Fm. Trechaleidae Simon 1890
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G. †Linoptes Menge 1854
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†Linoptes oculeus Menge 1854
†Linoptes valdespinosa Petrunkevitch 1958
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 105.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5South Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do) Korearachne jinju (146638)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Thomisidae indet. (35046)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Thomisidae indet. (164690)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Insecutor sp., Syphax megacephalus (120813) Syphax megacephalus, Syphax thoracicus, Syphax fuliginosus, Syphax gracilis, Syphax radiatus (109625) Syphax thoracicus, Syphax fuliginosus, Linoptes oculeus (120811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Eopisaurella valdespinosa (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Insecutor aculeatus, Insecutor mandibulatus, Insecutor rufus, Syphax crassipes, Misumena samlandica, Facundia clara, Filiola argentata (123766) Insecutor aculeatus, Misumena samlandica, Insecutor mandibulatus (123493) Insecutor rufus (123757) Insecutor sp. (123993) Oxyopes succini (123936) Pisauridae indet. (123773) Syphax asper, Fiducia tenuipes (124205) Syphax megacephalus (110735) Thomisidae indet. 1, Thomisidae indet. 2, Pisauridae indet., Trechaleidae indet., Linoptes sp. 1, Linoptes sp. 2, Linoptes sp. 3, Linoptes sp. 4, Linoptes sp. 6, Linoptes sp. 7, Linoptes sp. 8, Insecutor sp., Thomisiraptor sp., Syphax megacephalus, Succiniraptor radiatus, Linoptes oculeus, Eohalinobius scutatus, Succiniraptor paradoxus, Succinomus duomammillae, Succinomus gibbosus, Eohalinobius patina, Eohalinobius calefactus, Insecutor pecten, Insecutor spinifer, Thomisiraptor liedtkei, Succinaenigma raptor, Syphax secedens (124318) Thomisiraptor liedtkei (120812 124201)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Syphax megacephalus (127625)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany Eohalinobius hiddenseeensis (123769)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Linoptes sp. 5 (123910) Oxyopidae indet. (147604) Syphax megacephalus (149475) Thomisiraptor sp. (147606)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Lycosa florissanti (123119) Parattus resurrectus, Parattus evocatus, Parattus latitatus, Thomisus resutus, Thomisus disjunctus, Thomisus defossus, Parattus oculatus (106384)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France Synema enigmaticum (146907)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Xysticus annulipes (127628)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Planoxyopes eximius (124469) Thomisidae indet. (125758)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Ectona brunnea, Miothomisus subnudus (128552) Ectona pilulifera (138946) Lycosa subterranea, Lycosa malleata, Dryadia acanthopoda, Parvulus latissimus (138945) Miothomisus sylvaticus, Ectona transipeda (128551)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Nanoctenus longipes (120817) Oxyopes sp., Komisumena rosae (122474) Thomisidae indet., Pisauridae indet., Oxyopes sp., Oxyopes defectus, Heterotmarus altus (146557)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Lycosidae indet. (106431)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Lycosa miocaena, Lycosa lithographica (109058) Palaeoxysticus extinctus (146880)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Thomisus oeningensis, Thomisus lividus, Thomisus sulzeri (117252)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Xysticus sp. (123352)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Lycosidae indet., Thomisidae indet., Thomisidites hercynicus (109196)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Italy Lycosidae indet., Thomisidae indet. (153484)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Lycosidae indet. (163070)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Wyoming) Coriarachne sp. (44952)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (England) Pirata sp., Alopecosa pulverulenta, Pardosa pullata, Pirata piraticus, Trochosa terricola (146876)