From folkloric origins to scientific systematics: the first detailed redescription of the type species of Lycosa Latreille, 1804 with insight into the genus (Araneae: Lycosidae) Author Ballarin, Francesco Systematic Zoology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1 – 1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shi, 192 - 0397, Tokyo, Japan & Department of Zoology, Museo di Storia Naturale of Verona, Lungadige Porta Vittoria, 9, I- 37129, Verona, Italy ballarin.francesco@gmail.com Author Marusik, Yuri M. Institute for Biological Problems of the North, FEB RAS, Portovaya Str., 18, RF- 685000, Magadan, Russia & Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, 9300, Bloemfontein, South Africa yurmar@mail.ru Author Pantini, Paolo Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali “ Enrico Caffi ”, Piazza Cittadella, 10, I- 24129, Bergamo, Italy paolo.pantini@comune.bergamo.it Author Nadolny, Anton A. A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Nakhimov Ave., 2, Sevastopol, Crimea nadolnyanton@ibss-ras.ru text European Journal of Taxonomy 2026 2026-03-17 1043 244 286 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3221/14275 journal article 314828 10.5852/ejt.2026.1043.3221 040d868b-9b35-4c6c-9ad7-d885cc309426 2118-9773 19224663 31AB292F-9FFF-4DBF-8FBC-BF05C05BE99E

Table 1 (continued). List of Lycosa Latreille, 1804 barcodes and corresponding BOLD accession codes used in the phylogenetic analysis. Asterisks indicate newly amplified sequences. The neotype individual is highlighted in red.

Species	BOLD accession code	Code	Locality	Remarks
Lycosa tarantula	PX470705*	Lyco37	Frascineto, Calabria (Italy)	–
Lycosa tarantula	PX470706*	Lyco38	Frascineto, Calabria (Italy)	–
Lycosa tarantula	GBCH10954	–	Otranto, Puglia (Italy)	–
Lycosa tarantula	GBCH10955	–	Pisa, Toscana (Italy)	–
Lycosa tarantula	GBCH10956	–	Pisa, Toscana (Italy)	–
Lycosa tarantula	GBCH10957	–	Otranto, Puglia (Italy)	–
Lycosa tarantula	GBCH10958	–	Otranto, Puglia (Italy)	–
Lycosa tarantula	GBCH10959	–	Boulbon, Bouchesdu-Rhône (France)	–
Lycosa tarantula	GBCH10960	–	Boulbon, Bouchesdu-Rhône (France)	–