Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0100] Back

Gen. Schizocosa Chamberlin, 1904 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01659 ]
N.B.: see note under Geolycosa; for the phylogeny and secondary sexual trait evolution of the North American species see Starrett et al., 2022; considered a senior synonym of Avicosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 38 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05865] (type Lycosa minnesotensis Gertsch, 1934; described as a subgenus of Schizocosa, elevated to genus by Roewer, 1955c: 234) by Dondale & Redner, 1978a: 146; considered a senior synonym of Epihogna Roewer, 1960d: 580 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05866] (type Lycosa episima Chamberlin, 1924 = Schizocosa humilis (Banks, 1892)) by Dondale & Redner, 1978a: 146 (cf. Guy, 1966).
Status: accepted
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2024-02-20
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Chamberlin, 1904a: 177 (type Lycosa ocreata Hentz, 1844; gender feminine)
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Counts Status
56accepted
7synonym
2nomen dubium
Reference

Chamberlin, R. V. (1904a). Notes on generic characters in the Lycosidae. The Canadian Entomologist 36(5, 6): 145-148, 173-178. , 10.4039/Ent36173-6 doi:10.4039/Ent36145-5 download pdf

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