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 2. Result of the COI uncorrected pairwise genetic distance analysis among L. tarantula (Linnaeus, 1758) populations. The neotype individual is highlighted in red.

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1	L. tarantula	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Taranto (Lyco11 PX470703)
2	L. tarantula	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Taranto (Lyco12 PX470704)
3	L. tarantula Frascineto (Lyco37 PX470705)	0.000	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	L. tarantula Frascineto (Lyco38 PX470706)	0.000	0.000	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	L. tarantula	0.003	0.003	0.003	0.003	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Otranto (GBCH10954)
6	L. tarantula	0.003	0.003	0.003	0.003	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Otranto (GBCH10958)
7	L. tarantula	0.003	0.003	0.003	0.003	0.000	0.000	–	–	–	–	–
	Otranto (GBCH10957)
8	L. tarantula	0.008	0.008	0.008	0.008	0.005	0.005	0.005	–	–	–	–
	Pisa (GBCH10955)
9	L. tarantula Pisa (GBCH10956)	0.008	0.008	0.008	0.008	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.000	–	–	–
10	L. tarantula Boulbon (GBCH10959)	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.003	0.003	0.003	0.008	0.008	–	–
11	L. tarantula Boulbon (GBCH10960)	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.003	0.003	0.003	0.008	0.008	0.000	–