N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Potamia C. L. Koch, 1847: v. 14: 98 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06159] (type Araneus piraticus Clerck, 1757) by Simon, 1876a: 294, Potamia was described as subgenus of Lycosa Latreille, 1804 and elevated to genus by Thorell, 1856: 63, Potamia is preoccupied several times (see Bonnet, 1958: 3767); considered a senior synonym of Sosilaus Simon, 1898a: 350 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05878] (type S. spiniger Simon, 1898) by Wallace & Exline, 1978: 79 (through transfer of type species); not a senior synonym of Piratula Roewer, 1960 (Omelko, Marusik & Koponen, 2011: 213, contra Dondale & Redner, 1981b: 107, Breitling, 2019b: 21 and Breitling, 2021: 26 (the two latter mainly based on COI, see FAQ 7)); see notes under Caporiaccosa and Foxicosa.