Piratula is a genus of wolf spiders first circumscribed in 1960. Its 26 species are found mainly in Asia, with a few found in Europe and North America.
Species
, the following species are recognised in the genus Piratula:
- Piratula borea <small>(Tanaka, 1974)</small> â Russia, China, Japan
- Piratula canadensis <small>(Dondale & Redner, 1981)</small> â Russia, Canada
- Piratula cantralli <small>(Wallace & Exline, 1978)</small> â USA, Canada
- Piratula clercki <small>(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)</small> â China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
- Piratula denticulata <small>(Liu, 1987)</small> â Russia, China, Taiwan
- Piratula gigantea <small>(Gertsch, 1934)</small> â USA
- Piratula hiroshii <small>(Tanaka, 1986)</small> â Japan
- Piratula hokkaidensis <small>(Tanaka, 2003)</small> â Japan
- Piratula hurkai <small>(Buchar, 1966)</small> â Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Abkhazia
- Piratula hygrophila <small>(Thorell, 1872)</small> â Palearctic
- Piratula insularis <small>(Emerton, 1885)</small> â Holarctic
- Piratula iriomotensis <small>(Tanaka, 1989)</small> â Ryukyu Islands
- Piratula knorri <small>(Scopoli, 1763)</small> â Palearctic
- Piratula latitans <small>(Blackwall, 1841)</small> â Europe to Azerbaijan
- Piratula logunovi <small>Omelko, Marusik & Koponen, 2011</small> â Russia
- Piratula longjiangensis <small>(Yan et al., 1997)</small> â China
- Piratula meridionalis <small>(Tanaka, 1974)</small> â China, Korea, Japan
- Piratula minuta <small>(Emerton, 1885)</small> â North America
- Piratula montigena <small>(Liu, 1987)</small> â China
- Piratula piratoides <small>(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)</small> â Russia, Korea, China, Japan
- Piratula procurva <small>(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)</small> â China, Korea, Japan
- Piratula raika <small>Zamani & Marusik, 2021</small> â Iran
- Piratula serrulata <small>(Song & Wang, 1984)</small> â Russia, China
- Piratula tanakai <small>(Brignoli, 1983)</small> â Russia, Korea, Japan
- Piratula tenuisetacea <small>(Chai, 1987)</small> â China
- Piratula uliginosa <small>(Thorell, 1856)</small> â Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
- Piratula yaginumai <small>(Tanaka, 1974)</small> â Russia, China, Korea, Japan
- Piratula yesoensis <small>(Tanaka, 1985)</small> â Japan
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