In synonymy:
Scaptocosa Banks, 1904 = Geolycosa Montgomery, 1904 (Dondale & Redner, 1990: 30)

type Geolycosa latifrons Montgomery, 1904; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Scaptocosa Banks, 1904a: 113 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05876] (type Lycosa missouriensis Banks, 1895) by Dondale & Redner, 1990: 30 (through transfer of the type species, after Wallace, 1942a: 13); Scaptocosa considered a junior synonym of Schizocosa Chamberlin, 1904 by Guy, 1966: 64; see note under Anoteropsis.

Transferred to other genera:
Geolycosa abdita (Gertsch, 1934) -- see Trochosa
Geolycosa albovestita (Dalmas, 1917) -- see Anoteropsis
Geolycosa altera Roewer, 1955 -- see Hogna
Geolycosa aquila (Bösenberg, 1895) -- see Hogna
Geolycosa arctosina (Caporiacco, 1947) -- see Trochosa
Geolycosa arenivaga (Dalmas, 1917) -- see Anoteropsis
Geolycosa atroscopulata Roewer, 1955 -- see Hogna
Geolycosa baltimoriana (Keyserling, 1876) -- see Hogna
Geolycosa bivittata (Mello-Leitão, 1939) -- see Hogna
Geolycosa blackwalli (Johnson, 1862) -- see Hogna
Geolycosa cretata (Purcell, 1903) -- see Proevippa
Geolycosa flavichelis Roewer, 1955 -- see Trochosa
Geolycosa godeffroyi (L. Koch, 1865) -- see Tasmanicosa
Geolycosa gofensis (Strand, 1906) -- see Trochosa
Geolycosa grandis (Banks, 1894) -- see Tigrosa
Geolycosa guayaquiliana (Mello-Leitão, 1939) -- see Lycosa
Geolycosa huberti (Chamberlin, 1924) -- see Gladicosa
Geolycosa iaffa (Strand, 1913) -- see Hogna
Geolycosa ingens (Blackwall, 1857) -- see Hogna
Geolycosa leuckarti (Thorell, 1870) -- see Tasmanicosa
Geolycosa pictiventris (L. Koch, 1877) -- see Venatrix
Geolycosa poliostoma (C. L. Koch, 1847) -- see Lycosa
Geolycosa pulchra (Keyserling, 1877) -- see Gladicosa
Geolycosa raptoria (Walckenaer, 1837) -- see Lycosa
Geolycosa retrorsa (Banks, 1911) -- see Schizocosa
Geolycosa sanogastensis (Mello-Leitão, 1941) -- see Birabenia
Geolycosa sepia (Dönitz & Strand, 1906) -- see Lycosa
Geolycosa sepulchralis (Montgomery, 1902) -- see Trochosa
Geolycosa serrata (L. Koch, 1877) -- see Dingosa
Geolycosa tanna (Strand, 1913) -- see Hogna
Geolycosa tongatabuensis (Strand, 1911) -- see Hogna
Geolycosa urbana (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) -- see Trochosa
Geolycosa urbana hova (Strand, 1907) -- see Trochosa

Tarentula aballicola Strand, 1906b: 676 (Df).
Tarentula aballicola Strand, 1908k: 340, pl. 8, f. 1 (f).
Geolycosa aballicola Roewer, 1955c: 242.
Geolycosa aballicola Roewer, 1960d: 694, f. 389b.a-b (f).

Lycosa albimarginata Badcock, 1932: 37, f. 28 (Dmf).
Scaptocosa albomarginata Roewer, 1955c: 291.

Geolycosa appetens Roewer, 1960d: 721, f. 405 (Df).

Tarentula ashantica Strand, 1916b: 78 (Dmf).
Geolycosa ashantica Roewer, 1955c: 242.
Geolycosa ashantica Roewer, 1960d: 727, f. 409a-b (mf).

Geolycosa atrosellata Roewer, 1960d: 708, f. 397a-b (Df).

Lycosa bridarollii Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 250, f. 33 (Df).
Geolycosa bridarollii Roewer, 1955c: 243.

Geolycosa buyebalana Roewer, 1960d: 705, f. 394 (Df).

Hogna carli Reimoser, 1934b: 472, f. 5-6 (Dmf).
Scaptocosa carli Roewer, 1955c: 290.

Alopecosa charitonovi Mcheidze, 1997: 217, f. 445-447 (Df).
Geolycosa charitonovi Kovblyuk et al., 2012: 246, f. 1-7, 10, 13, 16-17, 20, 23-26, 28-29, 31-35, 38, 41-42, 44-46 (Dm, f, T from Alopecosa).
Geolycosa charitonovi Phartale, Kadam & Gyananath, 2016: 937, f. 1-6 (m; probably misidentified).

Trochosa conspersa Thorell, 1877b: 529 (Df).
Tarentula subinermis Thorell, 1895b: 234 (Dm).
Tarentula conspersa Thorell, 1897b: 22.
Geolycosa conspersa Roewer, 1955c: 242.

Lycosa cyrenaica Simon, 1908a: 435 (Df).
Geolycosa cyrenaica Roewer, 1955c: 241.
Geolycosa cyrenaica Roewer, 1960d: 693, f. 389 (f).

Geolycosa diffusa Roewer, 1960d: 725, f. 408a-b (Dmf).

Geolycosa disposita Roewer, 1960d: 722, f. 406 (Df).

Geolycosa diversa Roewer, 1960d: 713, f. 399a-c (Dmf).

Lycosa domifex Hancock, 1899: 23, f. 1-2 & p. 168 (D).
Geolycosa domifex Dondale, in McQueen, 1978: 2038 (removed from S of G. missouriensis, contra Wallace, 1942).
Geolycosa domifex Dondale & Redner, 1990: 32, f. 15, 17-20 (mf).
Geolycosa domifex Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 160, f. 1760-1762 (mf).

Geolycosa dunini Zyuzin & Logunov, 2000: 309, f. 7-9 (Dmf).
Geolycosa dunini Kovblyuk et al., 2012: 246, f. 9, 12, 15, 19, 37, 40 (mf).
Geolycosa dunini Logunov, 2023b: 495, f. 97-103 (mf).

Lycosa egena L. Koch, 1877a: 935, pl. 81, f. 2 (Df).
Scaptocosa egena Roewer, 1955c: 291.

Geolycosa escambiensis Wallace, 1942a: 34, f. 9-10, 39, 71, 83, 94, 104, 114 (Dmf).
Scaptocosa escambiensis Roewer, 1955c: 291.

Lycosa excussa Tullgren, 1905: 56, pl. 7, f. 26 (Df).
Geolycosa excussa Roewer, 1955c: 243.

Lycosa fatifera Hentz, 1842: 229, pl. 8, f. 8 (Df).
Lycosa missouriensis Banks, 1900c: 538 (Df).
Lycosa latifrons Chamberlin, 1908: 241, pl. 20, f. 8 (Df).
Lycosa missouriensis Emerton, 1912: 32, pl. 4, f. 3.
Geolycosa fatifera Bishop & Crosby, 1926: 205 (Dm, removed from S of Lycosa aspersa, rejecting Chamberlin, 1908: 236).
Geolycosa fatifera Wallace, 1942a: 9, f. 3-4, 33, 46-49, 75, 85, 96, 106 (mf).
Scaptocosa fatifera Roewer, 1955c: 292.

Lycosa festina L. Koch, 1877a: 927, pl. 80, f. 3-4 (Dmf).
Geolycosa festina Roewer, 1955c: 243.

Hogna forsaythi Dahl, 1908: 229, 231, 234 (Dj).
Geolycosa forsaythi Roewer, 1955c: 243.

Geolycosa gaerdesi Roewer, 1960d: 720, f. 404 (Df).

Lycosa nidifex Chamberlin, 1910a: 17, f. 3-4 (f, misidentified).
Lycosa gosoga Chamberlin, 1925d: 230 (Df).
Geolycosa gosoga Wallace, 1942a: 47, f. 31, 68 (f).
Scaptocosa gosoga Roewer, 1955c: 292.

Geolycosa habilis Roewer, 1960d: 702, f. 393a-b (Dmf).

Lycosa hectoria Pocock, 1900e: 327 (Df; N.B.: not = L. capensis Simon, 1898 per Roewer, 1955c: 290).
Scaptocosa hectoria Roewer, 1955c: 290.
Scaptocosa hectoria Roewer, 1959b: 385, f. 215a-b (f).
Geolycosa hectoria Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021k: 48, 2 f. (f).

Geolycosa hubbelli Wallace, 1942a: 37, f. 17-18, 37, 64-65, 77, 90, 98, 108 (Dmf).
Scaptocosa hubbelli Roewer, 1955c: 291.

Lycosa hylton-scottae Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 126, f. 23, pl. 5, f. 19 (Df).
Geolycosa hyltonscottae Roewer, 1955c: 243.

Lycosa impudica Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 344, f. 33 (Df).
Scaptocosa impudica Roewer, 1955c: 291.

Lycosa incertula Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 127, f. 24, pl. 5, f. 20 (Df).
Scaptocosa incertula Roewer, 1955c: 291.

Lycosa infensa L. Koch, 1877a: 932, pl. 80, f. 7 (Dj).
Scaptocosa infensa Roewer, 1955c: 291.

Lycosa insulata Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 345, f. 34-35 (Dmf).
Geolycosa insulata Roewer, 1955c: 243.

Tarentula ituricola Strand, 1913a: 445 (Dm).
Geolycosa ituricola Roewer, 1955c: 242.
Geolycosa ituricola Roewer, 1960d: 709, f. 398a-b (m).

Geolycosa katekeana Roewer, 1960d: 706, f. 395a-b (Df).

Tarentula kijabica Strand, 1916a: 110 (Df).
Scaptocosa kijabica Roewer, 1955c: 290.
Scaptocosa kijabica Roewer, 1959b: 380, f. 211a-b (f).

Lycosa lancearia Mello-Leitão, 1940b: 24, f. 22 (Dm).
Lycosa lancearia Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 128, pl. 5, f. 21 (Df).
Geolycosa lancearia Roewer, 1955c: 243.

Geolycosa latifrons Montgomery, 1904: 295, pl. 19, f. 15-18 (Dmf).
Geolycosa latifrons Wallace, 1942a: 45, f. 5-6, 36, 74 (mf).

Geolycosa liberiana Roewer, 1960d: 729, f. 411a-b (Dmf).

Lycosa lindneri Karsch, 1879a: 351, f. 3 (Dmf).
Tarantula lindneri Strand, 1913a: 436.
Scaptocosa lindneri Roewer, 1955c: 290.
Scaptocosa lindneri Roewer, 1959b: 381, f. 212a-b (m).

Scaptocosa lusingana Roewer, 1959b: 382, f. 213a-b (Df).

Geolycosa micanopy Wallace, 1942a: 40, f. 19-24, 40, 72-73 (Dmf).
Scaptocosa micanopy Roewer, 1955c: 291.

Lycosa furva minor Simon, 1909f: 396 (Df).
Geolycosa minor Roewer, 1955c: 242.
Geolycosa minor Roewer, 1960d: 723, f. 407 (f).

Lycosa missouriensis Banks, 1895c: 206 (Df).
Scaptocosa missouriensis Banks, 1904a: 113.
Lycosa missouriensis Emerton, 1912: 25-36, f. 1c, 4, pl. 4, f. 3-3c.
Geolycosa missouriensis Banks, Newport & Bird, 1932: 30, f. 6 (m).
Geolycosa fatifera Kurata, 1939: 80-83.
Geolycosa missouriensis Wallace, 1942a: 13, f. 1-2, 34, 50-51, 76, 86, 97, 107 (mf).
Geolycosa missouriensis Levi & Field, 1954: 455, f. 63-64 (mf).
Geolycosa missouriensis Dondale & Redner, 1990: 30, f. 12-14, 16 (mf).
Geolycosa missouriensis Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 160, f. 1763-1765 (mf).

Geolycosa natalensis Roewer, 1960d: 716, f. 401a-c (Dmf).
Geolycosa natalensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021k: 49, 3 f. (mf).

Lycosa nolotthensis Simon, 1910b: 211 (Df).
Geolycosa nolotthensis Roewer, 1955c: 242.
Geolycosa nolotthensis Roewer, 1960d: 718, f. 403a-c (f, Dm).
Geolycosa nolotthensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021k: 50, 3 f. (mf).

Tarentula nossibeensis Strand, 1907d: 743 (Dj).
Geolycosa nossibeensis Roewer, 1955c: 242.
Geolycosa nossibeensis Roewer, 1960d: 715, f. 400a-c (Df).

Lycosa ornatipes Bryant, 1935a: 78, pl. 5, f. 9-10 (Dmf).
Geolycosa ornatipes Wallace, 1942a: 32, f. 11-12, 38, 69-70, 84, 93, 105, 112 (mf).
Scaptocosa ornatipes Roewer, 1955c: 291.

Geolycosa patellonigra Wallace, 1942a: 23, f. 25-26, 44, 60-61, 78, 88, 102, 115 (Dmf).
Scaptocosa patellonigra Roewer, 1955c: 291.
Geolycosa patellonigra McCrone, 1963: 59, f. 1B (m).
Geolycosa patellonigra Kaston, 1963a: 31, f. 3 (f).

Lycosa arenicola Scudder, 1877: 2 (D; preoccupied by O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875, see Pardosa agricola).
Tarentula pikei Marx, 1881: 398, f. 4-6 (Dmf).
Lycosa nidifex Emerton, 1885: 487, pl. 47, f. 4 (mf, misidentified, in part).
Lycosa arenicola Montgomery, 1902: 550, pl. 29, f. 13 (Df).
Geolycosa arenicola Montgomery, 1904: 299.
Lycosa arenicola Chamberlin, 1908: 239, pl. 20, f. 9 (f, in part).
Lycosa pikei Emerton, 1909: 117, 204, pl. 7, f. 3 (mf).
Lycosa pikei Chamberlin, 1909b: 376 (S of Lycosa arenicola Scudder).
Lycosa pikei Chamberlin, 1910a: 17, f. 3-4 (mf).
Lycosa pikei Emerton, 1912: 29, pl. 4, f. 1 (mf).
Lycosa pikei Comstock, 1912: 635, f. 131c, 720i.
Geolycosa pikei Kaston, 1938d: 183.
Geolycosa pikei Comstock, 1940: 130, 651, f. 131c, 720i (f).
Geolycosa pikei Wallace, 1942a: 20, f. 27-28, 45, 62-63, 79, 89, 103, 113 (mf).
Geolycosa pikei Kaston, 1948: 317, f. 1022, 1034-1037, 1040-1042, 2064 (mf).
Geolycosa pikei McCrone, 1963: 50, f. 1A (m).

Lycosa rafaelana Chamberlin, in Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1928: 186 (Df).
Geolycosa rafaelana Wallace, 1942a: 48, f. 57-58 (f, Dm).
Scaptocosa rafaelana Roewer, 1955c: 293.

Tarentula raptatorides Strand, 1909d: 282 (Dmf).
Scaptocosa raptatorides Roewer, 1955c: 292.

Geolycosa riograndae Wallace, 1942a: 49, f. 15-16, 35, 52, 82, 92, 100, 110 (Dmf).
Scaptocosa riograndae Roewer, 1955c: 293.

Geolycosa rogersi Wallace, 1942a: 17, f. 29-30, 41, 66-67, 81, 95, 99, 109 (Dmf).
Scaptocosa rogersi Roewer, 1955c: 292.

Tarentula rubro-taeniata Keyserling, 1877a: 656, pl. 7, f. 34 (Df).
Lycosa rubrotaeniata Petrunkevitch, 1911: 566.
Geolycosa rubrotaeniata Roewer, 1955c: 244.

Lycosa rufibarbis Mello-Leitão, 1947d: 129, f. 3 (Df).
Geolycosa rufibarbis Roewer, 1955c: 244.

Lycosa inornata Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 272, f. 6 (Df; preoccupied by Blackwall, 1862, Giebel, 1863, and L. Koch, 1877; N.B.: legend to f. 6 mislabeled as Pardosa tristis).
Scaptocosa sangilia Roewer, 1955c: 292 (replacement name).

Hogna schulzi Dahl, 1908: 229, 231, 234 (Dj).
Geolycosa schulzi Roewer, 1955c: 243.

Geolycosa sexmaculata Roewer, 1960c: 24, f. 18a-d (Dmf).

Geolycosa shinkuluna Roewer, 1960d: 707, f. 396a-b (Df).

Tarentula suahela Strand, 1913a: 429 (Dj).
Lycorma suahela Roewer, 1955c: 266.
Geolycosa suahela Roewer, 1960d: 712 (T from Lycorma = Hogna).

Lycosa subvittata Pocock, 1900e: 327 (Dmf; N.B.: not = L. darlingi Pocock, 1898 per Roewer, 1955c: 290).
Tarentula subvittata Strand, 1907n: 704.
Scaptocosa subvittata Roewer, 1955c: 290.
Scaptocosa subvittata Roewer, 1959b: 386, f. 216a-d (mf).
Geolycosa subvittata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021k: 51, 2 f. (mf).

Scaptocosa tangana Roewer, 1959b: 383, f. 214a-c (Df).

Pirata ternetzi Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 55, f. 18-19 (Df).
Geolycosa ternetzi Roewer, 1955c: 244.

Trochosa timorensis Thorell, 1881: 379 (Df).
Geolycosa timorensis Roewer, 1955c: 242.

Geolycosa togonia Roewer, 1960d: 728, f. 410 (Df).

Tarentula turricola Treat, 1880: 710-718, 857-861 (Dmf).
Tarentula nidifex Marx, 1881: 396, f. 1-3 (f).
Lycosa arenicola McCook, 1888c: 217, f. 1.2 (misidentified).
Lycosa arenicola Emerton, 1902: 70, f. 172-175.
Scaptocosa arenicola Banks, 1904a: 113.
Lycosa nidifex Emerton, 1909: 17, 205, pl. 7, f. 3-3c.
Lycosa nidifex Emerton, 1912: 25, f. 3, 5-6, pl. 4, f. 2-2c.
Lycosa nidifex Comstock, 1912: 635, f. 721-722.
Geolycosa nidifex Kaston, 1938d: 183.
Geolycosa fatifera Comstock, 1940: 651, f. 721 (f).
Geolycosa turricola Wallace, 1942a: 26, f. 13-14, 42, 53-54, 87, 116 (mf).
Geolycosa turricola Kaston, 1948: 318, f. 1023, 1038-1039, 1043 (mf).

Lycosa uinticolens Chamberlin, 1936c: 15, f. 1 (Df).
Geolycosa uinticolens Wallace, 1942a: 49, f. 32, 59 (f, Dm).

Tarentula uruguayaca Strand, 1909d: 278 (Df).
Geolycosa uruguayaca Roewer, 1955c: 244.

Lycosa vultuosa C. L. Koch, 1838: 102, f. 407, 408 (Dmf).
Lycosa infernalis Motschulsky, 1849: 289, pl. 2, f. 1-2 (Dm; N.B.: considered a nomen dubium by Zyuzin & Logunov, 2000: 309).
Arctosa vultuosa Simon, 1864: 346.
Trochosa infernalis Thorell, 1875c: 172 (Df).
Trochosa infernalis Lendl, 1887: 37, 51, f. 1-15 (mf).
Mimohogna vultuosa Roewer, 1955c: 279.
Lycosa vultuosa Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu, 1971: 202, f. 98a-b, 99a-f (mf).
Lycosa vultuosa Miller, 1971: 154, pl. XXIII, f. 24, pl. XXIV, f. 5 (mf).
Lycosa vultuosa Loksa, 1972: 51, f. 44C, 46C-D (mf).
Lycosa vultuosa Mcheidze, 1997: 226, f. 474-475 (mf).
Geolycosa vultuosa Zyuzin & Logunov, 2000: 308, f. 5-6, 10 (Tmf from Lycosa).
Geolycosa vultuosa Kovblyuk et al., 2012: 246, f. 8, 11, 14, 18, 21, 27, 30, 36, 39, 43 (mf).
Geolycosa vultuosa Armiach Steinpress et al., 2022: 12, f. 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A, 8A (m).

Lycosa nidifex Chamberlin, 1910a: 17, f. 3-4 (in part).
Lycosa wrightii Emerton, 1912: 25, f. 1d, pl. 4, f. 4-4d (Df).
Geolycosa wrighti Banks, Newport & Bird, 1932: 30.
Geolycosa wrighti Wallace, 1942a: 29, f. 7-8, 43, 55-56, 80, 91, 101, 111 (f, Dm).
Scaptocosa wrighti Roewer, 1955c: 294.
Geolycosa wrighti Dondale & Redner, 1990: 28, f. 9-11 (mf).

Geolycosa xera McCrone, 1963: 51, f. 1C (Dmf).

Geolycosa xera archboldi McCrone, 1963: 57 (Dmf).