Xerolycosa
Genus of spiders
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Xerolycosa is a small genus of wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae, subfamily Evippinae,[2] consisting of three species which have a Palearctic distribution and one with an Afro-tropical distribution.[1]
| Xerolycosa | |
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| Xerolycosa miniata female with egg sac | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Xerolycosa Dahl, 1908[1] |
| Type species | |
| Lycosa nemoralis | |
Species
As of August 2016[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Xerolycosa miniata (C.L. Koch, 1834) – Palearctic
- Xerolycosa mongolica (Schenkel, 1963) – Russia, China
- Xerolycosa nemoralis (Westring, 1861) – Palearctic
- Xerolycosa sansibarina Roewer, 1960 – Zanzibar
