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TRANSFER OF THE GENUS MELOCOSA FROM PISAURIDAE TO LYCOSIDAE, AND A KEY TO THE NEARCTIC GENERA OF LYCOSIDAE (ARACHNIDA: ARANEIDA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Robin Leech
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Abstract

The genus Melocosa Gertsch, 1937, is transferred from Pisauridae to Lycosinae in the Lycosidae. The genus Melocosa is defined, and its characteristics indicate relationship to the genus Tarentula. Male and female specimens of the type species are described in detail and drawings of diagnostic characteristics are given. A key to the Nearctic genera of Lycosidae is given.

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Research Article
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 101 , Issue 8 , August 1969 , pp. 890 - 894
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1969

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