Lycosa Sundevall, 1833

Seropian, Armen, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Makharadze, Giorgi & Baznikin, Andrei, 2024, New and interesting spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Vashlovani National Park and Chachuna Managed Reserve (Georgia), Caucasiana 3, pp. 183-213 : 183-213

Genus Lycosa Sundevall, 1833

Comments.

Spiders of the genus Lycosa are relatively large and fossorial, with 220 recognized species distributed worldwide. The highest species diversity is found in Asia and South America ( WSC 2024). Three species, namely L. piochardi Simon, 1876 , L. praegrandis C. L. Koch, 1836 , and L. singoriensis (Laxmann, 1770) , were recorded in the Caucasus, although the record of the first is doubtful. Below, we provide the first record and the description of the male L. soboutii Shafaie, Nadolny & Mirshamsi, 2022 in the Caucasus, the species recently described from Iran based on a couple of females.