Steinpress, Igor Armiach;Cohen, Mira;Pétillon, Julien;Chipman, Ariel D.;Gavish-Regev, Efrat
OverviewAI-generated
Lycosidae is a family of arachnids within the order Araneae, class Arachnida, and phylum Arthropoda. The taxon belongs to the superfamily Lycosoidea and is classified under the kingdom Animalia. Its scientific authority is Sundevall, 1833, and its taxonomic type is Lycosa. Common names for this group include ground spiders, Licòsid, slíďákovití, Jagtedderkopper, and Wolfspinnen.
The family has an accepted status in taxonomic records. While one source lists its habitat as marine, it is widely recognized as ground spiders. Specimens have been recorded in the United States, Laos, Bolivia, Madagascar, and MéXico. Institutions such as UAM and FMNH hold records of this family.
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Species
ground spiders
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyLycosidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8,937
- With media
- 646
- Family
- Lycosidae
- Collections
- UAM, FMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Laos, Bolivia, Madagascar, MéXico
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Encyclopedic overview
Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae (from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos) 'wolf'), named for their robust and agile hunting skills and excellent eyesight.
They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and usually do not spin webs. Some are opportunistic hunters, pouncing upon prey as they find it or chasing it over short distances; others wait for passing prey in or near the mouth of a burrow.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lycosidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.