Dendrolycosa Explained

Dendrolycosa is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Doleschall in 1859.^[1]

Species

it contains seventeen species, found only in Oceania, Africa, and Asia:^[2]

• Dendrolycosa bairdi Jäger, 2011 – Laos
• Dendrolycosa bobbiliensis (Reddy & Patel, 1993) – India
• Dendrolycosa cruciata (Roewer, 1955) – Tanzania
• Dendrolycosa duckitti Jäger, 2011 – Laos, Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Dendrolycosa fusca Doleschall, 1859 (type) – Indonesia (Ambon)
• Dendrolycosa gitae (Tikader, 1970) – India (mainland, Andaman Is.)
• Dendrolycosa icadia (L. Koch, 1876) – Australia (Queensland)
• Dendrolycosa kakadu Raven & Hebron, 2018 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Dendrolycosa lepida (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Dendrolycosa ornata (Berland, 1924) – New Caledonia
• Dendrolycosa parangbusta (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines
• Dendrolycosa putiana (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines
• Dendrolycosa robusta (Thorell, 1895) – China, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam
• Dendrolycosa rossi Silva & Griswold, 2013 – Madagascar
• Dendrolycosa sierwaldae Jäger, 2011 – New Guinea
• Dendrolycosa songi (Zhang, 2000) – China
• Dendrolycosa yuka Jäger, 2011 – South Africa

See also

• List of Pisauridae species

Notes and References

1. Doleschall. L.. 1859. Tweede Bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indica-Neerlandica. 1–60. 5. Carl Ludwig Doleschall.
2. Gen. Dendrolycosa Doleschall, 1859. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.