Geolycosa vultuosa (C. L. Koch, 1838)
Description
Male
Resembles G. charitonovi and G. dunini. Prosoma dorsally with light patch in foveal area, with radial yellow stripes. Opisthosoma dorsally with dark brown spot bordered on both sides with yellow stripes. Legs yellow-brownish with dark brown ventral half rings. Palpal tibia light yellow.
Body length male: 11.0-18.5 mmFemale
Colouration as in male. Epigyne: septal pedicle much longer than in G. charitonovi.
Body length female: 13.0-23.5 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Miller 1971)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zyuzin & Logunov 2000)
Pedipalp
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp
(Zyuzin & Logunov 2000)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Bulbus, distal view
(Armiach Steinpress et al. 2022)
Embolus
(Loksa 1969)
Habitus, ventral view
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Epigyne
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Epigyne
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Epigyne
(Miller 1971)
Epigyne
(Zyuzin & Logunov 2000)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1969)
Vulva
(Loksa 1969)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Zyuzin 1990)
Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
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
Armiach Steinpress I, Cohen M, Pétillon J, Chipman A D, Gavish-Regev E (2022) Lycosa Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Lycosidae) of Israel, with a note on Geolycosa Montgomery, 1904. European Journal of Taxonomy 832: 1-54 
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Blick T (2018) A small collection of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the River Vjosa, Albania – with an updated spider checklist of Albania. Acta ZooBot Austria 155: 213-232
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Deltshev C D, Ćurčić B P M, Blagoev GA (2003b) The spiders of Serbia. Inst. Zoology, Fac. Biology, Belgrade & Inst. Zoology, Bulg. Acad. Sci., Sofia. 832 pp.
Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56
Fuhn I E, Niculescu-Burlacu F (1971) Fam. Lycosidae. Fauna Republicii Socialiste România (Arachnida) 5 (3): 1-253
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
Helsdingen P J van, IJland S (2015) A quick scan of the spider fauna in the surroundings of Përmet, Albania (Arachnida, Araneae) - preliminary report. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 35: 15-33
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Loksa I (1969) Pokok I-Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 1-133
Miller F (1971) Pavouci-Araneida. Klíč zvířeny ČSSR 4: 51-306
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Nuruyeva T, Zamani A (2025) An annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Azerbaijan. Zootaxa 5680: 1-168
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Vasiliev A I, Mikhailov K G (2023) Annotated checklist of spiders (Araneae) of the Republic of Moldova. Invertebrate Zoology 20: 307-342
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zyuzin A A (1990) Studies on burrowing spiders of the family Lycosidae (Araneae). I. Preliminary data on structural and functional features. Acta Zoologica Fennica 190: 419-422
Zyuzin A A, Logunov D V (2000) New and little-known species of the Lycosidae from Azerbaijan, the Caucasus (Araneae, Lycosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 305-319
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