Türkish spider ID - Lycosidae?

JanPhilip

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A friend sent me this picture and wanted an ID, any ideas?










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Silberrücken

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Hallo! Ist die Spinne aus der Türkei oder aus Deutschland?

Hello! Is the spider from Turkey or Germany?

S.
 

davisfam

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Not sure on an ID for this specimen but WOWzaa, this Wolfiie sure is a pretty spider! If I happen to come across anything, I'll be sure to send it your way! Good Luck! :)
 

JanPhilip

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Hallo! Ist die Spinne aus der Türkei oder aus Deutschland?

Hello! Is the spider from Turkey or Germany?

S.
Hi,
she found the spider, by the coast between the Aegean and the Mediterranean sea, under a rock.

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Jan Philip
 

revilo

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hi,

for my opinion it's looking like a lycosa cf. tarantula. but there are a few similar looking species, foto id like this is not possible, i think.
but for sure i will say it's a lycosa.

vg, revilo
 

davisfam

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Soo, I was doing a little research on the Wolfiie pictured in this thread and I found a couple things I thought I would share with you. First of all, this specimen is, without a doubt, from the Lycosidae Family. As for a species, I am thinking L. praegrandis but I am not 100% on that. I still have research to do but as for now that's where I am at. Just let me know what you think after checking out the links and photos, please! :)


Website with Photos of the Lycosa praegrandis;
http://macropoulos.blogspot.com/2008/11/early-days-overcoming-arachnophobia.html

Website with a List of Spiders (Lycosidae);
http://www.scientific-web.com/en/Biology/Animalia/Arthropoda/Lycosa.html

Here is a website with some new and different species in the Turkey area with pictures to compare; http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/LBB_0032_2_1071-1091.pdf
 

revilo

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hi,

yeah the l. praegrandis is one of this species which i told above. you will not determine for sure with pics like this, because for example l. tarantula is too similar. you have to take a look on the sexual characters like epigyne, bulbi to id this for sure.
but it's possible...

vg,revilo
 

JanPhilip

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Thanks for all the answeres and ideas, i will make sure she gets the info!

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Jan Philip
 
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