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Members of the family Lycosidae in the Suborder Araneomorphae The main article for this category is Lycosidae . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lycosidae .
Acantholycosa Dahl, 1908. Acantholycosa aborigenica Zyuzin & Marusik, 1988 — Russia, Mongolia; Acantholycosa altaiensis Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004 — Russia; Acantholycosa azarkinae Marusik & Omelko, 2011 — Russia
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 .
Lycosa is a genus of wolf spiders distributed throughout most of the world. Sometimes called the "true tarantula", though not closely related to the spiders most commonly called tarantulas today, Lycosa spp. can be distinguished from common wolf spiders by their relatively large size.
Alopecosa inquilina. The species in this genus have been traditionally grouped into sibling species complexes (groups) based on morphological characters, but, as morphology-based taxonomy can be unreliable, alternative methods have also been employed to identify species correctly.
Characters that distinguish Tigrosa from Hogna include the pattern on the upper (dorsal) surface of the cephalothorax, the arrangement of the eyes, and the shape of the female epigyne. [ 2 ] The generic name Tigrosa is intended to mean "fierce like a tiger", referring to the patterning and behaviour of Tigrosa species.
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Lycosa tarantula is the species originally known as the tarantula, a name that nowadays in English commonly refers to spiders in another family entirely, the Theraphosidae. It now may be better called the tarantula wolf spider , being in the wolf spider family, the Lycosidae.