Piratula Explained

Piratula is a genus of wolf spiders first circumscribed in 1960. Its 26 species are found mainly in Asia, with a few found in Europe and North America.^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Piratula:^[2]

• Piratula borea (Tanaka, 1974) — Russia, China, Japan
• Piratula canadensis (Dondale & Redner, 1981) — Russia, Canada
• Piratula cantralli (Wallace & Exline, 1978) — USA, Canada
• Piratula clercki (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
• Piratula denticulata (Liu, 1987) — Russia, China, Taiwan
• Piratula gigantea (Gertsch, 1934) — USA
• Piratula hiroshii (Tanaka, 1986) — Japan
• Piratula hokkaidensis (Tanaka, 2003) — Japan
• Piratula hurkai (Buchar, 1966) — Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Abkhazia
• Piratula hygrophila (Thorell, 1872) — Palearctic
• Piratula insularis (Emerton, 1885) — Holarctic
• Piratula iriomotensis (Tanaka, 1989) — Ryukyu Islands
• Piratula knorri (Scopoli, 1763) — Palearctic
• Piratula latitans (Blackwall, 1841) — Europe to Azerbaijan
• Piratula logunovi Omelko, Marusik & Koponen, 2011 — Russia
• Piratula longjiangensis (Yan et al., 1997) — China
• Piratula meridionalis (Tanaka, 1974) — China, Korea, Japan
• Piratula minuta (Emerton, 1885) — North America
• Piratula montigena (Liu, 1987) — China
• Piratula piratoides (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) — Russia, Korea, China, Japan
• Piratula procurva (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) — China, Korea, Japan
• Piratula raika Zamani & Marusik, 2021 — Iran
• Piratula serrulata (Song & Wang, 1984) — Russia, China
• Piratula tanakai (Brignoli, 1983) — Russia, Korea, Japan
• Piratula tenuisetacea (Chai, 1987) — China
• Piratula uliginosa (Thorell, 1856) — Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
• Piratula yaginumai (Tanaka, 1974) — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
• Piratula yesoensis (Tanaka, 1985) — Japan

See also

• List of Lycosidae genera

Notes and References

1. Web site: Piratula. World Spider Catalog. 19 August 2017.
2. Web site: NMBE - World Spider Catalog. 2022-02-12. wsc.nmbe.ch.