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Order:
Araneae - Spiders
Opiliones - Harvestmen
Pseudoscorpiones - Pseudoscorpions
Scorpiones - Scorpions
Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACROPSOPILIONIDAE-
AGELENIDAE-Funnel Weavers
AMAUROBIIDAE-Hacklemesh Weavers
ANTRODIAETIDAE-Folding Trapdoor Spiders
ANYPHAENIDAE-Ghost Spiders
ARANEIDAE-Orb Weavers
ATYPIDAE-Purseweb Spiders
BUTHIDAE-
CADDIDAE-
CHEIRACANTHIIDAE-
CHEIRIDIIDAE-
CHELIFERIDAE-
CHERNETIDAE-
CHTHONIIDAE-
CICURINIDAE-
CLUBIONIDAE-Sac Spiders
CORINNIDAE-Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders
COSMETIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
CTENIDAE-Wandering Spiders
CYBAEIDAE-
DEINOPIDAE-Ogrefaced spider
DESIDAE-
DICTYNIDAE-Mesh Web Weavers
DYSDERIDAE-
EUCTENIZIDAE-Wafer-lid Trapdoor Spiders
FILISTATIDAE-
GARYPINIDAE-
GNAPHOSIDAE-Ground Spiders
HAHNIIDAE-
HALONOPROCTIDAE-
HYPOCHILIDAE-
LARCIDAE-
LEPTONETIDAE-
LINYPHIIDAE-Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders
LIOCRANIDAE-Liocranid Sac Spiders
LYCOSIDAE-Wolf Spiders
MICROHEXURIDAE-
MIMETIDAE-Pirate spiders
MITURGIDAE-Prowling Spiders
MYSMENIDAE-
NEOBISIIDAE-
NEPHILIDAE-
NESTICIDAE-Scaffold Web Spiders
OECOBIIDAE-Wall spiders
OONOPIDAE-
OXYOPIDAE-Lynx Spiders
PHALANGIIDAE-
PHALANGODIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
PHILODROMIDAE-Running Crab Spiders
PHOLCIDAE-
PHONOGNATHIDAE-
PHRUROLITHIDAE-
PISAURIDAE-Nursery Web Spiders
SABACONIDAE-
SALTICIDAE-Jumping Spiders
SCLEROSOMATIDAE-
SCYTODIDAE-
SEGESTRIIDAE-
SICARIIDAE-
SPARASSIDAE-Giant Crab Spiders
STERNOPHORIDAE-
TARACIDAE-
TETRAGNATHIDAE-Long-jawed Orb Weavers
THERIDIIDAE-Cobweb Spiders
THERIDIOSOMATIDAE-Ray Spiders
THOMISIDAE-Crab Spiders
TITANOECIDAE-
TRACHELIDAE-
TRIAENONYCHIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
TRIDENCHTHONIIDAE-
ULOBORIDAE-Cribellate Orb Weavers
VAEJOVIDAE-
ZOROPSIDAE-False Wolf Spiders & Wandering Spiders
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Lycosidae Members:
Allocosa absoluta
Allocosa funerea
Allocosa furtiva
Allocosa mulaiki
Allocosa sublata
Alopecosa aculeata
Alopecosa unidentified species
Arctosa littoralis
Geolycosa fatifera
Geolycosa pikei
Geolycosa turricola
Geolycosa unidentified species
Gladicosa gulosa
Gladicosa pulchra
Gladicosa unidentified species
Hogna antelucana
Hogna baltimoriana
Hogna carolinensis
Hogna frondicola
Hogna lenta
Hogna unidentified species
Pardosa atlantica
Pardosa lapidicina
Pardosa milvina
Pardosa moesta
Pardosa pauxilla
Pardosa saxatilis
Pardosa unidentified species
Pirata alachuus
Pirata apalacheus
Pirata aspirans
Pirata hiteorum
Pirata iviei
Pirata montanus
Pirata piraticus
Pirata sedentarius
Pirata spiniger
Pirata suwaneus
Pirata sylvanus
Piratula insularis
Piratula minuta
Rabidosa carrana
Rabidosa hentzi
Rabidosa punctulata
Rabidosa rabida
Schizocosa avida
Schizocosa bilineata
Schizocosa crassipes
Schizocosa floridana
Schizocosa humilis
Schizocosa ocreata
Schizocosa retrorsa
Schizocosa salsa
Schizocosa saltatrix
Schizocosa unidentified species
Tigrosa annexa
Tigrosa aspersa
Tigrosa georgicola
Tigrosa helluo
Trabeops aurantiacus
Trebacosa marxi
Trochosa abdita
Trochosa sepulchralis
Trochosa terricola
Varacosa avara
Varacosa shenandoa
NC
Records
Piratula minuta
- a pirate wolf spider
Taxonomy
Order:
ARANEAE
Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
Family:
Lycosidae
Synonym:
Piratula minuta
Identification
Online Description/Photos:
BugGuide
Google
,
iNaturalist
,
Wikipedia
,
GBIF
Comments:
Male carapace dusky, with no tuning-fork pattern, lighter in front of cervical groove and along margins of carapace, but not presenting a distinct marginal light area sharply set off from the sides of the carapace . Dorsum dusky with pale hastate mark and indistinct paired spots posteriorly . Anterior eye row narrower than the posterior median row, procurved ; anterior median eyes larger than anterior laterals, anterior eyes about equally spaced . Ventral surface unmarked except for medial longitudinal light stripe on sternum . Lowe r margin of furrow of chelicerae with three teeth ; however, the tooth nearest the base o f the fang is so small that under medium magnification only two teeth are visible . Legs 4123, unbanded ; femora I and II slightly darker than the other segments of the legs. Description of female .—From Livingston Co ., Michigan. Carapace 1 .55 mm long, 1 .0 7 mm wide ; sides dusky with a narrow marginal light area, the tuning-fork pattern faint o n head region ; a triangular dark spot in front of cervical groove with its apex at the groove . Dorsum mottled with five pairs of white spots that look like they were covered with white scales in life . Venter, coxae, labium, endites yellow; sternum with a median longitudinal light stripe . Lower margin of furrow of chelicerae with three teeth ; however, th e tooth next to the base of the fang is so small that under medium magnification only tw o teeth are visible . Anterior eye row straight, narrower than the posterior median row; anterior median eyes are twice as large as the anterior laterals ; the anterior eyes are equally spaced . Clypeus receding, equal in height to the diameter of an anterior media n eye. Legs 4123, dusky
Total Length:
Male Carapace 1 .45 mm long, 1 .00 mm wide, female
Distribution in North Carolina
Comments:
Northeastern United States and Canada ; south to North Carolina, west to Minnesota
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Adult phenology:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
old field, forests, wet areas, margins of ponds
Observation Methods:
Abundance/Frequency:
Adult males and females are present in the northeastern states from May through September; in Canada from June through September . Females with egg sacs are present from June through September . "This species apparently overwinters half-grown , and matures in late May and early June"
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
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Comments:
Photo Gallery for
Piratula minuta
- a pirate wolf spider
Photos: 7
Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-07-17
Ashe Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-07-17
Ashe Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-07-17
Ashe Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-07-16
Mitchell Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-07-16
Mitchell Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-07-16
Mitchell Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-06-30
Macon Co.
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