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]
| Xerolycosa | |
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| Xerolycosa miniata female with egg sac | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
Species
editAs of August 2016[update], 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
edit- ^ a b c d "Gen. Xerolycosa Dahl, 1908", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-08-28
- ^ 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. PMC 3192426. PMID 21998514.
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