Lycosoidea

Taxobox
name = Lycosoidea

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image_caption = "Lycosa sp.", Lycosidae
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
zoosectio = Entelegynae
superfamilia = Lycosoidea
diversity_link = Araneae families
diversity = 12 families, c. 4,000 species
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =See text.

The Lycosoidea are a superfamily of araneomorph eight-eyed spiders, with twelve families:

* Ctenidae
* Lycosidae
* Neolanidae
* Oxyopidae
* Pisauridae
* Psechridae
* Senoculidae
* Stiphidiidae
* Trechaleidae
* Zoridae
* Zorocratidae
* Zoropsidae

According to Fang et al. (2000)Fang, K, Yang, C.-C., Lue, B.-W., Chen, S.-H. & Lue, K.-Y. (2000). Phylogenetic Corroboration of Superfamily Lycosoidae ["sic"] Spiders (Araneae) as Inforred from Partial Mitochondrial 12S and 16S Ribosomal DNA Sequences. "Zoological Studies" 39(2):107-113. [http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/39.2/107-113.pdf PDF] ] , the relationship of some families, inferred from mitochondrial 12S and 16S rDNA, is as follows:

+---- Psechridae +--
+---- Oxyopidae ----
+---- Pisauridae +--
+---- Lycosidae

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