Lycosoidea

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Lycosoidea
Lycosa sp., Lycosidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Section: Entelegynae Superfamily: Lycosoidea
Diversity
12 families, c. 4,000 species
Families
See text.

The Lycosoidea are a superfamily of araneomorph eight-eyed spiders, with twelve families:

• Ctenidae
• Lycosidae
• Neolanidae
• Oxyopidae
• Pisauridae
• Psechridae
• Senoculidae
• Stiphidiidae
• Trechaleidae
• Zoridae
• Zorocratidae
• Zoropsidae

According to Fang et al. (2000)^[1], the relationship of some families, inferred from mitochondrial 12S and 16S rDNA, is as follows:

       +---- Psechridae
    +--|
    |  +---- Oxyopidae
----|
    |  +---- Pisauridae
    +--|
       +---- Lycosidae

[edit] References

1. ^ Fang, K, Yang, C.-C., Lue, B.-W., Chen, S.-H. & Lue, K.-Y. (2000). Phylogenetic Corroboration of Superfamily Lycosoidae [sic] Spiders (Araneae) as Inforred from Partial Mitochondrial 12S and 16S Ribosomal DNA Sequences. Zoological Studies 39(2):107-113. PDF