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    Lycosa tarantula is the species originally known as the tarantula, a name that nowadays in English commonly refers to spiders in another family entirely...
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    Lycosa is a genus of wolf spiders distributed throughout most of the world. Sometimes called the "true tarantula", though not closely related to the spiders...
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  • bite. Lycosa tarantula, a species of wolf spider which is found near Taranto, Italy, Serbia, Montenegro (and the origin of the name tarantula, which...
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    Salticidae, from the front The spider originally bearing the name tarantula was Lycosa tarantula, a species of wolf spider native to Mediterranean Europe. The...
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  • describing that tarantulas will be compelled to dance by violin music. It was thought that the Lycosa tarantula wolf spider had lent the name "tarantula" to an...
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    from the bite of the wolf spider Lycosa tarantula (distinct from the broad class of spiders also called tarantulas). A better[clarification needed] candidate...
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  • Cloud (LMC) Atypical tarantula, spiders of the family Atypidae Dwarf tarantula, spiders of the family Mecicobothriidae Lycosa tarantula, a species of wolf...
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    forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their close kin), where they point straight down. Araneomorphs comprise...
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    the young woman of the lustful effects of a bite by the tarantula wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula. Web-spinning caused the association of the spider with...
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    means cannibalizing a potential mate. In Agelenopsis pennsylvanica and Lycosa tarantula, a significant increase in fecundity, egg case size, hatching success...
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  • Italy Lycosa tarantula cisalpina Simon, 1937 — France Lycosa tarantuloides Perty, 1833 — Brazil Lycosa tasmanicola Roewer, 1960 — Tasmania Lycosa teranganicola...
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    tarantella, refers to the purported victims of a bite from the spider Lycosa tarantula which were allegedly compelled to dance until they were exhausted....
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    women who showed forms of hysteria were infected by the bite of a Lycosa tarantula. The only known remedy was to dance continuously for days, so that...
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    arachnids with around 60 species of spiders, including the European tarantula (Lycosa tarantula). Mt Olympus (Chionístra) harbours several endemic weevils, including...
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    spider as a mygalomorph or araneomorph. The spiders that are called "tarantulas" in English are so large and hairy that inspection of their fangs is hardly...
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    is still sometimes performed. It was performed to cure the bite of Lycosa tarantula, usually with female victims dancing until exhaustion. Performers used...
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    invasion of Norway (9 April 1940) Nazi Germany Name Tarantel Namesake Lycosa tarantula Acquired 16 April 1940 Fate Returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy in...
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  • senoculata Aranea avicularia – pinktoe tarantula Aranea ocellata – [nomen dubium] Aranea tarantulaLycosa tarantula Aranea scenica – zebra spider Aranea...
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    Araucaniocosa difficilis –, and affiliated closely with the "European tarantulas" (Lycosa), even included there as a sub-genus. When the females were first...
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    flowers. There are specimens of yellow scorpions (Buthus occitanus), tarantulas (Lycosa tarentulla) and black widow spiders (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus)...
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    Piacentini & Grismado, 2009—Argentina Loculla Simon, 1910—Iran, Africa Lycosa Latreille, 1804—North America, Africa, Caribbean, Asia, Oceania, South America...
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    The white prosoma of Argiope results from bristles reflecting the light, Lycosa and Josa both have areas of modified cuticle that act as light reflectors...
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    ancient times, residents of Taranto bitten by the large local Wolf Spider, Lycosa tarentula, would promptly do a long vigorous dance like a jig, in order...
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  • Pétillon, Julien; Chipman, Ariel D.; Gavish-Regev, Efrat (2022-07-26). "Lycosa Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Lycosidae) of Israel, with a note on Geolycosa...
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  • Hippasa greenalliae Hippasa olivacea Hogna lupina - E Lycosa indagatrix Lycosa nigrotibialis Lycosa yerburyi - E Ocyale lanca - E Ocyale pilosa Pardosa...
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