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Lycosidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Trochosa  C. L. Koch, 1847   9 species

Trochosa urbana O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876

Description
Distribution
  Presence
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Global distribution (WSC 2026): North Africa, Ethiopia to Seychelles, Madagascar (Nosy Be), Israel, Iraq
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Distribution List
Algeria   (Roewer, 1960c; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Egypt   (El-Hennawy, 2017a) ||| Libya   (Elkrew et al., 2024) ||| Morocco   (Benhalima & Bosmans, 2024) ||| Tunisia   (Kmira et al., 2025) |||
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 pdf

Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535 pdf

Denis J (1947) Results of the Armstrong College expedition to Siwa Oasis (Libyan desert), 1935. Spiders [Araneae]. Bulletin de la Société Fouad 1er d'Entomologie 31: 17-103 pdf

El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183 pdf

Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369 pdf

Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95 pdf

Marusik A M, Nadolny A A (2020) On the identity of Trochosa hispanica (Araneae, Lycosidae), with notes on the synonymy of West Palaearctic "Trochosa" species. Zootaxa 4859: 56-80 pdf

Marusik Y M, Nadolny A A, Koponen S (2020b) Redescription of Trochosa urbana (Araneae: Lycosidae) with notes on its distribution. Arachnology 18: 482-489 pdf

Roewer C F (1960c) Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae) (Fortsetzung und Schluss). Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte 55: 519-1040 pdf

Saaristo M I (2010) Araneae. In: Gerlach J & Marusik Y M (eds.) Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles Islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 8-306. pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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