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Picture ID 4210

Picture of Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders) - Eyes,In Retreat

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Lycosa sp.

  • Submitted by: 
    MarcD6
  • Submitted: Jan 20, 2018
  • Photographed: Sep 12, 2017
  • Spider: Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)
  • Location: Tabarca, Alicante, Spain
  • Spotted Outdoors: Open field, pasture, prairie, grassland
  • Found in web?: No
  • Attributes: Eyes, In Retreat
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ItsyBitsy

Gorgeous. 😀

Note to admin.: genus needed for Lycosa hispanica. Also suggest adding “in retreat/burrow” to attributes list.

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Kyle

Species created, added in retreat.

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MarcD6

I found out it’s Lycosa hispanica. I was doubting with L. fasciiventris but I’ve been told only L. hispanica builds
burrows.

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ItsyBitsy

Really? I see a lot of images of Lycosa in burrows, I can’t vouch for the IDs on them though as so many are stock photos.

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MarcD6

I meant between L. hispanica and L. fasciiventris, only L. hispanica makes burrows.

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ItsyBitsy

Ah, I see. What do I look for to separate L. tarantula?

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MarcD6

Lycosa tarantula is not found in Spain. The L. tarantula of Spain were separated in a new species, L. hispanica.

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ItsyBitsy

OK, that makes sense now. I should read that paper. (species request updated)

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ItsyBitsy

I see it now. I actually had already downloaded that paper (Planas, Fernández-Montraveta & Ribera, 2013) last night but I missed the very helpful range maps when I gave it a quick look-over.

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MarcD6

Yes, actually Planas and Ribera are my colleagues here in the department where I work in the university 😀

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ItsyBitsy

Awesome, it’s no wonder your IDs are consistently solid.

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