Wolfspider and Huntsman?

[chandlermonster]

Here's what I want to know... Is a Huntsman the same thing as a Wolfspider? I don't know a whole lot about true spiders and I've been seeing some really cool Huntsman around on the forums. Are they related to the Hogna Genus of North America or not?

 

[Qvarnold]

No, they are two completely different types of spider.

Huntsmen spiders

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Superfamily: Sparassoidea
Family: Sparassidae

Wolf spiders

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Superfamily: Lycosoidea
Family: Lycosidae