Biology:Xerolycosa

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Xerolycosa
Xerolycosa miniata 070817.jpg
Xerolycosa miniata female with egg sac
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Xerolycosa
Dahl, 1908[1]
Type species
Lycosa nemoralis
(Westring, 1861)[1]

Xerolycosa is a small genus of wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae, subfamily Evippinae,[2] consisting of three species which have a Palearctic distribution and one with an Afro-tropical distribution.[1]

Species

(As of August 2016), the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Xerolycosa miniata (C.L. Koch, 1834) – Palearctic
  • Xerolycosa mongolica (Schenkel, 1963) – Russia, China
  • Xerolycosa nemoralis (Westring, 1861) – Palearctic
  • Xerolycosa sansibarina Roewer, 1960 – Zanzibar

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Gen. Xerolycosa Dahl, 1908", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1879, retrieved 2016-08-28 
  2. Marusik, Yuri; Kovblyuk, Mykola; Koponen, Seppo (2011). "A survey of the East Palaearctic Lycosidae (Araneae). 9. Genus Xerolycosa Dahl, 1908 (Evippinae)". ZooKeys (119): 11–27. doi:10.3897/zookeys.119.1706. PMID 21998514. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2784193 entry