Lycosoides flavomaculata Lucas, 1846
Description
Male
Prosoma brown-yellow-reddish, darker stains, eye region blackish. Sternum darker on the edges. Chelicerae with hooks, two denticles on promargin, 3 on retromargin. Palp with characteristic patellar apophysis, which is large, bent and concave on the inner side.
prosoma length: 3.9 mm, prosoma width: 2.6 mm.
Body length male: 7.9 mmFemale
Prosoma brown-yellow-reddish, darker stains, eye region blackish. Sternum darker on the edges. Chelicerae with hooks, two denticles on promargin, 3 on retromargin. Epigyne large, posterior part protruding over cavity, which is prolonged laterally.
prosoma length: 3.4 mm, prosoma width: 2.2 mm.
Body length female: 7.0-8.2 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Simon 1937)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1996)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1996)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(de Blauwe 1980a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(de Blauwe 1980a)
Conductor, ventral view
(de Blauwe 1980a)
Palpal tibia and patella, dorsal view
(Levy 1996)
Palpal tibia and patella, dorsal view
(Bosmans et al. 2022)
Palpal tibia and patella, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2022)
Palpal patella, ventral view
(Denis 1954b)
Palpal tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Denis 1954b)
Palpal tibia and patella, dorsal view
(de Blauwe 1980a)
Epigyne
(Simon 1937)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1996)
Epigyne
(Denis 1954b)
Epigyne
(de Blauwe 1980a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1996)
Vulva, dorsal view
(de Blauwe 1980a)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1996)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Levy 1996)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
Blauwe R de (1980a) Revision de la famille des Agelenidae (Araneae) de la région Mediterranéenne (2e partie). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 52(1): 1-54
Bosmans R, Lecigne S, Benhalima S, Abrous-Kherbouche A (2022) The genus Lycosoides Lucas, 1846 in the Maghreb region, with the description of five new species (Araneae: Agelenidae). Arachnology 19: 316-340
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Danflous S, Déjean S, Guerbaa K, Jacquet C, Lecigne S, Montagne D, Montardi Y, Villepoux O (2020b) De araneis Galliae IV. Actualisation du référentiel des araignées de France – première note. Espèces absentes de France ou mises en nomen dubium. Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 5: 10-32
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 22 July 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Denis J (1954b) Notes d'aranéologie marocaine. III. Quelques araignées du massif de l'Ayachi, avec une étude sur les Textrix du Maroc. Revue Française d'Entomologie 21: 132-144
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Levy G (1996) The agelenid funnel-weaver family and the spider genus Cedicus in Israel (Araneae, Agelenidae and Cybaeidae). Zoologica Scripta 25: 85-122
Pfliegler W A, Schönhofer A, Niedbała W, Vella P, Sciberras A, Vella A (2017) New records of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) from Malta with a preliminary checklist of Maltese Arachnida. Soil Organisms 89: 85-110
Simon E (1937) Les arachnides de France 6 (5). Paris (Roret): 979-1298
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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