Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0100] Detail
Gen. Varacosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01672] Detail
type Trochosa avara Keyserling, 1877; gender feminine
N.B.: described as subgenus of Trochosa C. L. Koch, 1847; removed from the synonymy of Trochosa by Jiménez & Dondale, 1988: 172 (sensu Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 36, not Roewer; see under Trochosa for all names listed by Roewer under Varacosa, except V. avara, V. gosiuta, V. parthenus and V. shenandoa).
Transferred to other genera:
Varacosa tanna (Strand, 1913) -- see Hogna
Varacosa apothetica (Wallace, 1947) | m f | USA     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019276]
Lycosa apothetica Wallace, 1947: 33, f. 1-2 (Dmf).
Varacosa apothetica Roewer, 1955c: 306.
Varacosa apothetica Dreyer, 2008: 487, f. 1-7 (mf, T from Trochosa).
Varacosa avara (Keyserling, 1877) * | m f | USA, Canada     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019387]
Trochosa avara Keyserling, 1877a: 661, pl. 8, f. 38-39 (Dmf).
Lycosa rufiventris Banks, 1892a: 65, pl. 3, f. 35 (Df).
Lycosa avara Montgomery, 1903: 650, pl. 29, f. 2 (f).
Trochosa avara Montgomery, 1904: 304, pl. 18, f. 12, pl. 20, f. 42 (mf).
Lycosa avara Chamberlin, 1908: 279, pl. 20, f. 1-3 (mf).
Lycosa avara Emerton, 1909: 202, pl. 7, f. 2 (f).
Lycosa avara Comstock, 1912: 640, f. 720a.
Lycosa avara Comstock, 1940: 650, f. 720a (f).
Trochosa (Varacosa) avara Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 36.
Lycosa avara Kaston, 1948: 329, f. 1091, 1114-1116 (mf).
Trochosa avara Brady, 1980: 191, f. 3, 19-21, 36-40 (mf).
Varacosa avara Roth, 1982: 28-7, f. 5 (m).
Varacosa avara Roth, 1985: B24-6, f. 5 (m).
Varacosa avara Jiménez & Dondale, 1988: 172, f. 1-4 (mf, T from Trochosa).
Varacosa avara Dondale & Redner, 1990: 93, f. 108-112 (mf).
Varacosa avara Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 171, f. 1929-1932 (mf).
Varacosa gosiuta (Chamberlin, 1908) | m f | USA     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019388]
Lycosa avara gosiuta Chamberlin, 1908: 281, pl. 20, f. 14 (Df).
Lycosa gosiuta Banks, Newport & Bird, 1932: 31, f. 3, 5, 7 (mf).
Lycosa gosiuta Gertsch, 1935a: 20.
Trochosa (Varacosa) gosiuta Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 36.
Varacosa gosiuta Roewer, 1955c: 306.
Trochosa gosiuta Brady, 1980: 196, f. 4, 26-27, 44-46 (mf).
Varacosa gosiuta Jiménez & Dondale, 1988: 172 (T from Trochosa).
Varacosa hoffmannae Jiménez & Dondale, 1988 | m f | Mexico     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019389]
Varacosa hoffmannae Jiménez & Dondale, 1988: 172, f. 5-10 (Dmf).
Varacosa parthenus (Chamberlin, 1925) | m f | USA     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019390]
Lycosa parthenus Chamberlin, 1925d: 228 (Df).
Lycosa parthenus Gertsch & Wallace, 1935: 12, f. 28-29 (f, Dm).
Trochosa (Varacosa) parthenus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 36.
Varacosa parthenus Roewer, 1955c: 306.
Trochosa parthenus Brady, 1980: 204, f. 6-9, 32-33 (mf).
Varacosa parthenus Jiménez & Dondale, 1988: 172 (T from Trochosa).
Varacosa shenandoa (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942) | m f | USA, Canada     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019391]
Trochosa (Varacosa) shenandoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 37, pl. 7, f. 78 (Df).
Trochosa shenandoa Barnes, 1953: 14, f. 10 (Dm).
Varacosa shenandoa Roewer, 1955c: 307.
Trochosa shenandoa Brady, 1980: 200, f. 5, 17-18, 22-25, 34-35, 41-43 (mf).
Varacosa shenandoa Roth, 1982: 28-7, f. 6 (f).
Varacosa shenandoa Roth, 1985: B24-6, f. 6 (f).
Varacosa shenandoa Dondale & Redner, 1990: 94, f. 113-117 (mf, T from Trochosa).
Varacosa shenandoa Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 171, f. 1933-1936 (mf).
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