Lynxosa

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

4, see text

Lynxosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae.

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

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

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes four species:

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. 1 2 3 "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. hdl:11336/267148.