''Xerolycosa'' is a small genus of

wolf spiders Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae (). They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and do not spin webs. Some are opportunistic hunters, pouncing upon prey as they find it or ...

in the family

Lycosidae Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae (). They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and do not spin webs. Some are opportunistic hunters, pouncing upon prey as they find it or ...

, subfamily Evippinae, consisting of three species which have a

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

distribution and one with an Afro-tropical distribution.

Species

, the

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accepted the following species: *''

Xerolycosa miniata ''Xerolycosa'' is a small genus of wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae, subfamily Evippinae, consisting of three species which have a Palearctic distribution and one with an Afro-tropical distribution. Species , the World Spider Catalog accept ...

'' ( C.L. Koch, 1834) –

*'' Xerolycosa mongolica'' ( Schenkel, 1963) – Russia, China *''

Xerolycosa nemoralis ''Xerolycosa nemoralis'', or the burnt wolf spider, is a species of wolf spider found from western Europe eastwards to the Pacific. Description The male has swollen palpal bulbs which are as long as they are wide at the base. The grooves on the ...

'' ( Westring, 1861) – Palearctic *'' Xerolycosa sansibarina'' Roewer, 1960 –

Zanzibar Zanzibar (; ; ) is an insular semi-autonomous province which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small islands ...

References

Araneomorphae genera Lycosidae Palearctic spiders Taxa named by Friedrich Dahl {{lycosidae-stub