Contributions on the wolf spider fauna (Araneae, Lycosidae) of Gran Canaria (Spain)

Summary Collecting trips on Grand Canaria from 1990 to 2002 yielded eight lycosid species from five genera: Alopecosa artenarensis, Alopecosa grancanariensis, Alopecosa thaleri, Arctosa lacustris, Arctosa similis, Hogna ferox, Pardosa proxima and Wadicosa fidelis. One species was recorded for the first time from Gran Canaria: W. fidelis. The results of this study differ from previous lists of the lycosid fauna in the literature. For example, the species Alopecosa obscura, Hogna canariana and Trochosa lucasi were not found during our collecting trips. The H. canariana and Arctosa cinerea of previous studies have presumably been misidentified.