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 3. Numbers for species-level names of genus Lycosa Latreille, 1804 recorded in different parts of the world, based on the WSC (2025).
Geographic areaAccepted namesNomina dubia
SpeciesSubspeciesSpeciesSubspecies
Europe, Northern Africa to Caucasus, Iran312151
Palaearctic Asia36030
Tropical Asia39130
Nearctic9010
Neotropics62060
Australasia19050
Sub-Saharan Africa17030
Hawaii3010