Xerolycosa

Xerolycosa is a small genus of wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae, subfamily Evippinae,^[2] consisting of three species which have a Palearctic distribution and one with an Afro-tropical distribution.^[1]

Xerolycosa
Xerolycosa miniata female with egg sac
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lycosidae
Genus:	Xerolycosa Dahl, 1908[1]
Type species
Lycosa nemoralis (Westring, 1861)[1]

Species

As of August 2016^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:^[1]

• Xerolycosa miniata (C.L. Koch, 1834) – Palearctic
• Xerolycosa mongolica (Schenkel, 1963) – Russia, China
• Xerolycosa nemoralis (Westring, 1861) – Palearctic
• Xerolycosa sansibarina Roewer, 1960 – Zanzibar