Lynxosa

Lynxosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Lynxosa
Roewer, 1960[1]
Type species
Lycosa inexorabilis
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869
Species

4, see text

Lynxosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae.[2]

Distribution

All four described species are endemic to St. Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.[2]

Taxonomy

This genus was removed from Hogna Simon, 1885 in 2024.[3]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes four species:[2]

  • Lynxosa inexorabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870)St. Helena
  • Lynxosa ligata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870) – St. Helena
  • Lynxosa nefasta (Tongiorgi, 1977) – St. Helena
  • Lynxosa veseyensis (Sherwood, Henrard, Logunov & Fowler, 2023) – St. Helena

References

  1. ^ Roewer, C. F. (1960). "Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae) (Fortsetzung und Schluss)". Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte. 55: 519–1040.
  2. ^ a b c "Gen. Lynxosa Roewer, 1960". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
  3. ^ Sherwood, D.; Henrard, A.; Jocqué, R.; Fowler, L.; Marusik, Y. M.; Maddison, W.; Harvey, M. S.; Hormiga, G.; Rheims, C. A.; Piacentini, L. N.; Peters, M.; Stevens, N.; Joshua, D.; Scipio-O'Dean, C. J.; Ellick, G.; Wilkins, V.; Ashmole, M.; Ashmole, P. (2024). "Annotated checklist of the spiders of Saint Helena, with new records, descriptions of unknown sexes, new and restored genera, and two new species (Araneae: Araneomorphae)". Arachnology. 19: 1218–1291. doi:10.13156/arac.2024.19.9.1218.