Tigrosa

genus of wolf spider

Spiders in the genus Tigrosa were formerly included in the genus Hogna, and before that to the genus Lycosa. As people who study spiders make more progress they divide things in new ways.

Tigrosa
Tigrosa annexa from Lake Placid, Florida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Tigrosa
Brady, 2012

Among the species included in this genus are:

  • T. annexa
  • T. aspersa
  • T. grandis
  • T. helluo
  • T. georgicola

References change

  • Brady, A.R. 2012: Nearctic species of the new genus Tigrosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Journal of arachnology, 40(2): 182-208. doi:10.1636/K11-77.1 ISSN 0161-8202