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Lycosa
Lycosa is a genus of wolf spiders distributed throughout most of the world, with more than two hundred described species.
Pardosa
Pardosa is a large genus of wolf spiders, commonly known as the thin-legged wolf spiders. It was first described by C. L. Koch, in 1847, with more than 500 described species that are found in most regions of the world.
Arctosa
Arctosa is a genus of wolf spiders first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1847, with more than 150 described species.
Alopecosa
Alopecosa is a spider genus in the family Lycosidae (wolf spiders), with about 160 species. They have a largely Eurasian distribution, although some species are found in North Africa and North America.
Acantholycosa
Acantholycosa is a genus of wolf spiders. Members of this genus can be distinguished from closely related genera by the presence of more than three pairs of ventral tibial spines on each front leg. All are found in Asia and Europe with the exception of Acantholycosa solituda, found in North America.
Pirata
genus of arachnids
Hogna
Hogna is a genus of wolf spiders with more than 200 described species. It is found on all continents except Antarctica.
Trochosa
Trochosa is a large wolf spider genus found worldwide.
Hippasa
Hippasa is a genus of spiders in the wolf spider family Lycosidae, first described by Eugène Simon in 1885.
Ocyale
genus of arachnids
Allocosa
Allocosa is a spider genus of the wolf spider family, Lycosidae. The more than hundred recognized species are spread worldwide.
Sosippus
The spider genus Sosippus is, with other genera in the subfamily Hippasinae, unique among the spiders in the family Lycosidae in producing a large funnel-web resembling that of the Agelenidae. The posterior spinnerets are more elongate than in other wolf spiders.
Allotrochosina
Allotrochosina is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1960 by Roewer. , it contains 3 species.
Evippa
Evippa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1882 by Simon. , it contains 35 species widely distributed in Asia and Africa.
Gladicosa
Gladicosa is a genus of wolf spiders found in the United States and Canada.
Artoriopsis
Artoriopsis is a genus of wolf spiders first described by Volker W. Framenau in 2007. It is endemic to Australia and is most diverse in the southern half of the continent, though A. anacardium is found in the tropical north of Australia. Its body size ranges from , with males smaller than females. It appears to prefer open, vegetated or sandy areas of moderate humidity.
Zoica
Zoica is a genus of wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae, containing twelve species.
Artoria
Artoria is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1877 by Tamerlan Thorell, and the type species is Artoria parvula. In 1960, Roewer erected the genera Artoriella and Trabeola. However, in 2002, Volker Framenau reviewed Artoria and synonymised both these genera with Artoria.
Crocodilosa
Crocodilosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1947 by Caporiacco. , it contains 5 species.
Schizocosa
Schizocosa is a genus of wolf spiders (family Lycosidae) containing 56 species (as of 2025), distributed in North and South America, Africa, and East and Southeast Asia.
Passiena
Passiena is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae with six described species from Africa and Asia. It was first described in 1890 by Thorell.
Loculla
Loculla is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1910 by Simon. , it contains 5 species.
Camptocosa
Camptocosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 2005 by Dondale, Jiménez & Nieto. , it contains 2 species.
Hyaenosa
Hyaenosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1940 by Caporiacco. , it contains 5 species.
Anomalosa
Anomalosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1960 by Carl Friedrich Roewer. The type species is Anomalosa kochi.
Anoteropsis
Anoteropsis is a genus of wolf spiders. All the species except one are found in New Zealand and its islands.
Brevilabus
Brevilabus is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1908 by Strand. , it contains 2 species.
Trabea
spider genus
Lycosella
Lycosella is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1890 by Thorell. , it contains 5 species found in Hawaii and Sumatra.
Rabidosa
Rabidosa is a genus of spiders described by Roewer (1960). The family is Lycosidae. It contains the following species:
Diahogna
Diahogna is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1960 by Roewer. , it contains 4 Australian species.
Bristowiella
Bristowiella is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1980 by Saaristo. , it contains 2 species.
Tetralycosa
Tetralycosa is a genus of Australian spiders in the family Lycosidae first described by Roewer in 1960, later revised by Framenau & Hudson to include thirteen species. Genetic studies show that these spiders all diverged from a common ancestor who likely wandered into the salty area and remained. They live exclusively in certain saline environments of Australia's interior, including coastal beaches, mound springs, clay pans, and salt lakes. There haven't been enough studies to establish a conservation status, but some species have only been found in solitary salt lakes, suggesting that the inc
Amblyothele
Amblyothele is an African genus of wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae, with eight described species. It was first described in 1910 by Eugène Simon.
Artoriellula
Artoriellula is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae that was first described in 1960 by Roewer.
Dingosa
Dingosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1955 by Roewer. , it contains 6 species from Australia and from South America.
Tricassa
Tricassa is a genus of African spiders in the family Lycosidae with two species. It was first described in 1910 by Eugène Simon.
Pyrenecosa
Pyrenecosa is a wolf spider genus, with three European species.
Geolycosa
Geolycosa is a genus of wolf spiders first described in 1904.
Foveosa
Foveosa is a genus of African wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae with five described species. It was first described in 2007 by Russell-Smith, Alderweireldt & Jocqué.
Zenonina
Zenonina is a genus of African spiders in the family Lycosidae with six described species. It was first described in 1898 by Eugène Simon.
Aglaoctenus
Aglaoctenus is a genus of Funnel-web building wolf spiders first described by Albert Tullgren in 1905. , it contains only five species, all from South America.
Syroloma
Syroloma is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1900 by Simon. , it contains two species from Hawaii.
Lysania
Lysania is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1890 by Thorell. , it contains 4 Asian species.
Anomalomma
Anomalomma is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1890 by Simon. , it contains 3 species.
Agalenocosa
Agalenocosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1944 by Mello-Leitão. , it contains 18 species with a wide distribution.
Paratrochosina
Paratrochosina is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1960 by Roewer.
Cynosa
Cynosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1933 by Caporiacco. , it contains only one species, Cynosa agedabiae, which is found in North Africa.
Piratula
Piratula is a genus of wolf spiders first circumscribed in 1960. Its 26 species are found mainly in Asia, with a few found in Europe and North America.
Evippomma
Evippomma is a genus of mainly African spiders in the family Lycosidae with six described species. It was first described in 1959 by Roewer.
Diapontia
Diapontia is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1877 by Keyserling.
Vesubia
Vesubia is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1910 by Simon. , it contains 3 species.
Melocosa
Melocosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1937 by Gertsch. , it contains 2 species.
Caspicosa
Caspicosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 2007 by Ponomarev. , it contains 2 species.
Zyuzicosa
Zyuzicosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 2010 by Logunov. , it contains 10 species.
Draposa
Draposa is a genus of wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae, containing ten species. The species were formerly included in genus Pardosa, but later included in the new genus Draposa.
Hippasella
Hippasella is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1944 by Mello-Leitão. , it contained three South American species.
Birabenia
Birabenia is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1941 by Mello-Leitão. , it contains 2 species.
Halocosa
Halocosa is a genus of wolf spiders first described by G. N. Azarkina and L. A. Trilikauskas in 2019. it contains only three species: H. cereipes, H. hatanensis, and H. jartica. The type species, Halocosa cereipes, was originally described under the name "Lycosa cereipes".
Serratacosa
Serratacosa is a genus of wolf spiders. It was first described by L. Y. Wang, X. J. Peng and Z. S. Zhang in 2021, and it has only been found in China. it contains only three species: S. himalayensis, S. medogensis, and S. multidontata.