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Lycosidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Lycosa  Latreille, 1804   26 species

Lycosa hispanica dufouri (Simon, 1876)

Description
Female

Patella and tibia IV are equal in length to the prosoma. The dorsal surface of the prosoma is cream-coloured, shifting to tawny towards the front. The sternum is black with three intense yellow sigilla, and the third and fourth coxae bear irregular yellow ventral spots. The opisthosoma is tawny — deepening in colour laterally and posteriorly — and lacks any pattern. The legs are cream-coloured dorsally and white ventrally, with two terminal black spots on each tibia. The venter features a large black patch with a jagged outline that extends almost to the spinnerets.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal, Spain
Figures
Distribution List
Portugal   (Cardoso & Morano, 2010) ||| Spain   (Cardoso & Morano, 2010) |||
References

Cardoso P, Morano E (2010) The Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 2495: 1-52 pdf

Simon E (1876b) Etudes arachnologiques. 4e mémoire. VII. Révision de espèces européennes du groupe de la Lycosa tarentula Rossi. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (5) 6: 57-91 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
14-10-2026 Datasheet update Detail
18-06-2020 Distribution insert Detail
18-06-2020 Distribution update Detail