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Genus: Erranticosa Ballarin & Marusik, 2026 | Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Erranticosa subcoelestis (Fox, 1935)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064800

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Described:

Distribution: China

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Museum of Natural History = United States National Museum (USNM), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA f (1142) - (Ballarin et al., 2026b)
Paratype: National Museum of Natural History = United States National Museum (USNM), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA 1f (1142) - (Ballarin et al., 2026b)

Taxonomic References

Lycosa subcoelestis Fox, 1935: 455, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Tetrarctosa subcoelestis Roewer, 1955c: 296

Foxicosa subcoelestis Roewer, 1960d: 949 (T from Tetrarctosa)

Trochosa subcoelestis Ballarin et al., 2026b: 13, f. 6A-D, F-H (f, removed from S of Lycosa coelestis, rejecting Chen & Gao, 1990: 124, T from Lycosa)

References

Ballarin, F., Marusik, Y. M., Cheng, R. C. & Eguchi, K. (2026b). Erranticosa gen. nov.: a new genus of wolf spiders from East Asia with notes on its separation from Lycosa and Hogna (Araneae Lycosidae: Lycosinae). Zoological Studies 65(12): 1-20. doi: 10.6620/ZS.2026.65-12 [[Zoobank: AF86A787-C07D-469A-A5CF-E873DD8934AC]] -- Show included taxa

Fox, I. (1935). Chinese spiders of the family Lycosidae. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 25: 451-456. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1960d). Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae) (Fortsetzung und Schluss). Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte 55: 519-1040. -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-04-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Ballarin et al., 2026b
2026-04-21	Species transferred to new genus	Ballarin et al., 2026b		Species transferred from Lycosa Latreille, 1804 to Trochosa C. L. Koch, 1847
2026-04-21	Species updated	Ballarin et al., 2026b	Old value