Lycosa
Lycosa is a genus of wolf spiders distributed throughout most of the world. Sometimes called the "true tarantula", though not closely related to the spiders most commonly called tarantulas today, Lycosa spp. can be distinguished from common wolf spiders by their relatively large size. This genus includes the European Lycosa tarantula, which was once associated with tarantism, a dubious affliction whose symptoms included shaking, cold sweats, and a high fever, asserted to be curable only by the traditional tarantella dance. No scientific substantiation of that myth is known; the venom of Lycosa spiders is generally not harmful.
As of 2013, more than 200 species in this genus have been described.
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Species list
- Lycosa abnormis Guy, 1966 — North Africa
- Lycosa accurata Becker, 1886 — Mexico
- Lycosa adusta Banks, 1898 — Mexico
- Lycosa affinis Lucas, 1846 — Algeria
- Lycosa ambigua Barrientos, 2004 — Spain
- Lycosa anclata Franganillo, 1946 — Cuba
- Lycosa apacha Chamberlin, 1925 — USA
- Lycosa approximata F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — Yarkand
- Lycosa aragogi Nadolny & Zamani, 2017 — Iran
- Lycosa arambagensis Biswas & Biswas, 1992 — India
- Lycosa arapensis Strand, 1908 — Peru
- Lycosa ariadnae McKay, 1979 — Western Australia
- Lycosa articulata Costa, 1875 — Israel
- Lycosa artigasi Casanueva, 1980 — Chile
- Lycosa asiatica Sytshevskaja, 1980 — Tajikistan
- Lycosa aurea Hogg, 1896 — Central Australia
- Lycosa auroguttata Keyserling, 1891 — Brazil
- Lycosa australicola Strand, 1913 — Western Australia, Northern Territory
- Lycosa australis Simon, 1884 — Chile
- Lycosa balaramai Patel & Reddy, 1993 — India
- Lycosa barnesi Gravely, 1924 — India
- Lycosa bedeli Simon, 1876 — North Africa
- Lycosa beihaiensis Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1995 — China
- Lycosa bezzii Mello-Leitão, 1944 — Argentina
- Lycosa bhatnagari Sadana, 1969 — India
- Lycosa bicolor Hogg, 1905 — Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia
- Lycosa biolleyi Banks, 1909 — Costa Rica
- Lycosa bistriata Gravely, 1924 — India, Bhutan
- Lycosa boninensis Tanaka, 1989 — Taiwan, Japan
- Lycosa bonneti Guy & Carricaburu, 1967 — Algeria
- Lycosa brunnea F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 — Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico
- Lycosa caenosa Rainbow, 1899 — New Caledonia, New Hebrides
- Lycosa canescens Schenkel, 1963 — China
- Lycosa capensis Simon, 1898 — South Africa
- Lycosa carbonelli Costa & Capocasale, 1984 — Uruguay
- Lycosa carmichaeli Gravely, 1924 — India
- Lycosa castanea Hogg, 1905 — South Australia
- Lycosa cerrofloresiana Petrunkevitch, 1925 — El Salvador to Panama
- Lycosa chaperi Simon, 1885 — India, Pakistan
- Lycosa choudhuryi Tikader & Malhotra, 1980 — India, China
- Lycosa cingara C. L. Koch, 1847 — Egypt
- Lycosa clarissa Roewer, 1951 — Spain
- Lycosa coelestis L. Koch, 1878 — China, Korea, Japan
- Lycosa connexa Roewer, 1960 — South Africa
- Lycosa contestata Montgomery, 1903 — USA
- Lycosa corallina McKay, 1974 — Australia
- Lycosa coreana Paik, 1994 — Korea
- Lycosa cowlei Hogg, 1896 — Central Australia
- Lycosa cretacea Simon, 1898 — North Africa
- Lycosa dacica Pavesi, 1898 — Romania
- Lycosa danjiangensis Yin, Zhao & Bao, 1997 — China
- Lycosa dilatata F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 — Mexico to El Salvador
- Lycosa dimota Simon, 1909 — Western Australia
- Lycosa discolor Walckenaer, 1837 — USA
- Lycosa duracki McKay, 1975 — Western Australia
- Lycosa elysae Tongiorgi, 1977 — St. Helena
- Lycosa emuncta Banks, 1898 — Mexico
- Lycosa erjianensis Yin & Zhao, 1996 — China
- Lycosa errans Hogg, 1905 — South Australia
- Lycosa erythrognatha Lucas, 1836 — Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
- Lycosa eutypa Chamberlin, 1925 — Panama
- Lycosa exigua Roewer, 1960 — Namibia
- Lycosa falconensis Schenkel, 1953 — Venezuela
- Lycosa fernandezi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 — Juan Fernandez Islands
- Lycosa ferriculosa Chamberlin, 1919 — USA
- Lycosa formosana Saito, 1936 — Taiwan
- Lycosa forresti McKay, 1973 — Western Australia
- Lycosa frigens Kulczynski, 1916 — Russia
- Lycosa fulviventris Kroneberg, 1875 — Uzbekistan
- Lycosa fuscana Pocock, 1901 — India
- Lycosa futilis Banks, 1898 — Mexico
- Lycosa geotubalis Tikader & Malhotra, 1980 — India
- Lycosa gibsoni McKay, 1979 — Western Australia
- Lycosa gigantea Roewer, 1960 — South Africa
- Lycosa gilberta Hogg, 1905 — New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia
- Lycosa gobiensis Schenkel, 1936 — Mongolia, China
- Lycosa godeffroyi L. Koch, 1865 — Australia
- Lycosa goliathus Pocock, 1901 — India
- Lycosa grahami Fox, 1935 — China
- Lycosa granatensis Franganillo, 1925 — Spain
- Lycosa guayaquiliana Mello-Leitão, 1939 — Ecuador
- Lycosa hickmani Roewer, 1955 — New Guinea, Northern Australia
- Lycosa hildegardae Casanueva, 1980 — Chile
- Lycosa horrida Keyserling, 1877 — Colombia
- Lycosa howarthi Gertsch, 1973 — Hawaii
- Lycosa illicita Gertsch, 1934 — Mexico
- Lycosa immanis L. Koch, 1879 — Russia
- Lycosa impavida Walckenaer, 1837 — USA
- Lycosa implacida Nicolet, 1849 — Chile
- Lycosa indagatrix Walckenaer, 1837 — India, Sri Lanka
- Lycosa indomita Nicolet, 1849 — Chile
- Lycosa infesta Walckenaer, 1837 — USA
- Lycosa injusta Banks, 1898 — Mexico
- Lycosa innocua Doleschall, 1859 — Amboina
- Lycosa inornata Blackwall, 1862 — Brazil
- Lycosa insulana Bryant, 1923 — Barbados
- Lycosa insularis Lucas, 1857 — Cuba
- Lycosa intermedialis Roewer, 1955 — Libya
- Lycosa interstitialis Strand, 1906 — Algeria
- Lycosa inviolata Roewer, 1960 — South Africa
- Lycosa iranii Pocock, 1901 — India
- Lycosa ishikariana Saito, 1934 — Russia, Japan
- Lycosa isolata Bryant, 1940 — Cuba
- Lycosa jagadalpurensis Gajbe, 2004 — India
- Lycosa kempi Gravely, 1924 — India, Pakistan, Bhutan, China
- Lycosa koyuga McKay, 1979 — Western Australia
- Lycosa labialis Mao & Song, 1985 — China, Korea
- Lycosa labialisoides Peng et al., 1997 — China
- Lycosa laeta L. Koch, 1877 — Eastern Australia
- Lycosa lambai Tikader & Malhotra, 1980 — India
- Lycosa langei Mello-Leitão, 1947 — Brazil
- Lycosa lativulva F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 — Guatemala
- Lycosa lebakensis Doleschall, 1859 — Java
- Lycosa leireana Franganillo, 1918 — Spain
- Lycosa leuckarti Thorell, 1870 — Australia
- Lycosa leucogastra Mello-Leitão, 1944 — Argentina
- Lycosa leucophaeoides Roewer, 1951 — Queensland
- Lycosa leucophthalma Mello-Leitão, 1940 — Argentina
- Lycosa leucotaeniata Mello-Leitão, 1947 — Brazil
- Lycosa liliputana Nicolet, 1849 — Chile
- Lycosa longivulva F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 — Guatemala
- Lycosa macedonica Giltay, 1932 — Macedonia
- Lycosa mackenziei Gravely, 1924 — Pakistan, India, Bangladesh
- Lycosa maculata Butt, Anwar & Tahir, 2006 — Pakistan
- Lycosa madagascariensis Vinson, 1863 — Madagascar
- Lycosa madani Pocock, 1901 — India
- Lycosa magallanica Karsch, 1880 — Chile
- Lycosa magnifica Hu, 2001 — China
- Lycosa mahabaleshwarensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1980 — India
- Lycosa malacensis Franganillo, 1926 — Spain
- Lycosa masteri Pocock, 1901 — India
- Lycosa matusitai Nakatsudi, 1943 — Japan to Micronesia
- Lycosa maya Chamberlin, 1925 — Mexico
- Lycosa mexicana Banks, 1898 — Mexico
- Lycosa minae Dönitz & Strand, 1906 — Japan
- Lycosa molyneuxi Hogg, 1905 — New South Wales
- Lycosa mordax Walckenaer, 1837 — USA
- Lycosa moulmeinensis Gravely, 1924 — Myanmar
- Lycosa mukana Roewer, 1960 — Congo
- Lycosa muntea Roewer, 1960 — Congo
- Lycosa musgravei McKay, 1974 — New South Wales, Victoria
- Lycosa narbonensis Walckenaer, 1806 — Mediterranean
- * Lycosa narbonensis cisalpina Simon, 1937 — France
- Lycosa niceforoi Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Colombia
- Lycosa nigricans Butt, Anwar & Tahir, 2006 — Pakistan
- Lycosa nigromarmorata Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Colombia
- Lycosa nigropunctata Rainbow, 1915 — South Australia
- Lycosa nigrotaeniata Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Colombia
- Lycosa nigrotibialis Simon, 1884 — India, Bhutan, Myanmar
- Lycosa nilotica Audouin, 1826 — Egypt
- Lycosa nordenskjoldi Tullgren, 1905 — Brazil, Bolivia
- Lycosa ovalata Franganillo, 1930 — Cuba
- Lycosa pachana Pocock, 1898 — Central, Southern Africa
- Lycosa palliata Roewer, 1960 — South Africa
- Lycosa pampeana Holmberg, 1876 — Paraguay, Argentina
- Lycosa paranensis Holmberg, 1876 — Brazil, Argentina
- Lycosa parvipudens Karsch, 1881 — Gilbert Islands
- Lycosa patagonica Simon, 1886 — Chile
- Lycosa pavlovi Schenkel, 1953 — China
- Lycosa perinflata Pulleine, 1922 — South Australia
- Lycosa perkinsi Simon, 1904 — Hawaii
- Lycosa perspicua Roewer, 1960 — South Africa
- Lycosa philadelphiana Walckenaer, 1837 — USA
- Lycosa phipsoni Pocock, 1899 — India to China, Taiwan
- * Lycosa phipsoni leucophora Thorell, 1887 — Myanmar
- Lycosa pia Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — Japan
- Lycosa pictipes Keyserling, 1891 — Brazil, Argentina
- Lycosa pictula Pocock, 1901 — India
- Lycosa pintoi Mello-Leitão, 1931 — Brazil
- Lycosa piochardi Simon, 1876 — Syria
- * Lycosa piochardi infraclara Strand, 1915 — Israel
- Lycosa poliostoma C. L. Koch, 1847 — Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
- Lycosa poonaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1980 — India
- Lycosa porteri Simon, 1904 — Chile
- Lycosa praegrandis C. L. Koch, 1836 — Greece to Central Asia
- * Lycosa praegrandis discoloriventer Caporiacco, 1949 — Albania
- Lycosa praestans Roewer, 1960 — Botswana
- Lycosa proletarioides Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Argentina
- Lycosa prolifica Pocock, 1901 — India
- Lycosa properipes Simon, 1909 — Western Australia
- Lycosa pulchella Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea, Bismarck Archipel
- Lycosa punctiventralis Roewer, 1951 — Mexico
- Lycosa quadrimaculata Lucas, 1858 — Gabon
- Lycosa rimicola Purcell, 1903 — South Africa
- Lycosa ringens Tongiorgi, 1977 — St. Helena
- Lycosa rostrata Franganillo, 1930 — Cuba
- Lycosa rufimanoides Strand, 1908 — Bolivia
- Lycosa rufisterna Schenkel, 1953 — China
- Lycosa russea Schenkel, 1953 — China
- Lycosa sabulosa F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — Yarkand
- Lycosa salifodina McKay, 1976 — Western Australia
- Lycosa salvadorensis Kraus, 1955 — El Salvador
- Lycosa separata Roewer, 1960 — Mozambique
- Lycosa septembris Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
- Lycosa sericovittata Mello-Leitão, 1939 — Brazil
- Lycosa serranoa Tullgren, 1901 — Chile
- Lycosa shahapuraensis Gajbe, 2004 — India
- Lycosa shaktae Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 — India
- Lycosa shansia Hogg, 1912 — China, Mongolia
- Lycosa shillongensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1980 — India
- Lycosa signata Lenz, 1886 — Madagascar
- Lycosa signiventris Banks, 1909 — El Salvador, Costa Rica
- Lycosa sigridae Strand, 1917 — Mexico
- Lycosa similis Banks, 1892 — USA
- Lycosa singoriensis Laxmann, 1770 — Palearctic
- Lycosa skeeti Pulleine, 1922 — South Australia
- Lycosa snelli McKay, 1975 — Western Australia
- Lycosa sochoi Mello-Leitão, 1947 — Brazil
- Lycosa spiniformis Franganillo, 1926 — Spain
- Lycosa storeniformis Simon, 1910 — Guinea-Bissau
- Lycosa storri McKay, 1973 — Western Australia
- Lycosa subfusca F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 — Mexico, Costa Rica
- Lycosa subhirsuta L. Koch, 1882 — Mallorca
- Lycosa suzukii Yaginuma, 1960 — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
- Lycosa sylvatica Roewer, 1951 — Algeria
- Lycosa tarantula Linnaeus, 1758 — Southeastern Europe, Mediterranean, Near East
- * Lycosa tarantula carsica Caporiacco, 1949 — Italy
- Lycosa tarantuloides Perty, 1833 — Brazil
- Lycosa tasmanicola Roewer, 1960 — Tasmania
- Lycosa teranganicola Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands
- Lycosa terrestris Butt, Anwar & Tahir, 2006 — Pakistan
- Lycosa tetrophthalma Mello-Leitão, 1939 — Paraguay
- Lycosa thoracica Patel & Reddy, 1993 — India
- Lycosa thorelli Keyserling, 1877 — Colombia to Argentina
- Lycosa tista Tikader, 1970 — India
- Lycosa transversa F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 — Guatemala
- Lycosa trichopus Roewer, 1960 — Afghanistan
- Lycosa tula Strand, 1913 — Western Australia
- Lycosa u-album Mello-Leitão, 1938 — Argentina
- Lycosa vachoni Guy, 1966 — Algeria
- Lycosa vellutina Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Colombia
- Lycosa ventralis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 — Mexico
- Lycosa virgulata Franganillo, 1920 — Portugal
- Lycosa vittata Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1995 — China
- Lycosa wadaiensis Roewer, 1960 — Chad
- Lycosa wangi Yin, Peng & Wang, 1996 — China
- Lycosa woonda McKay, 1979 — Western Australia
- Lycosa wroughtoni Pocock, 1899 — India
- Lycosa wulsini Fox, 1935 — China
- Lycosa yalkara McKay, 1979 — Western Australia
- Lycosa yerburyi Pocock, 1901 — Sri Lanka