Arachnids of North Carolina
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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
Trebacosa marxi
- a wolf spider
Taxonomy
Order:
ARANEAE
Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
Family:
Lycosidae
Identification
Online Description/Photos:
BugGuide
Google
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iNaturalist
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Wikipedia
,
GBIF
Comments:
Male with indistinct, wide submarginal light band and tuning-fork mark that is broken up into paired segments (Fig . 199). General body color in alcohol amber. Dorsum with distinct light-colored hastate mark bordered by black V-shaped mark which is bordered by light-colored converging stripes . Coxae, labium , sternum and endites without markings, venter with a little scattered pigment. Anterior eye row narrower than the posterior median row slightly procurved ; anterior median eyes a little larger than the anterior laterals, closer to each other than to th e laterals. Height of the clypeus twice the diameter of an anterior median eye . Lower margin of the furrow of the chelicerae with two teeth . Legs 4123, without annulae . Tibiae I and II with three pairs of ventrolateral spines, th e distal pair apical in position, each with an additional prolateral spine about halfwa y between the middle and apical pairs. The prolateral spine of the proximal pair on tibia I barely overlaps the middle spine . The prolateral spines of the proximal and middle pairs on tibia II are reduced to about half the size of their mates . Description of female.—From Ramsey, New Jersey, July 11, 1948, W . Ivie (A .M .N.H.). Carapace 3 .5 mm long, 2 .7 mm wide, with a rather indistinct submarginal light band and . . a narrow, light streak extending forward from the cervical groove to between the posterior lateral eyes (Fig . 200). For dorsum see the figure . Coxae, labium, endites and sternum without pigment . Anterior eye row narrower than the posterior median row, slightly procurved ; anterio r median eyes about half again as large as the anterior laterals ; anterior median eyes close r to each other than to the laterals. Height of the clypeus equal to the diameter of an anterior median eye . Lower margin of the furrow of the chelicerae with two teeth, th e largest near the base of the fang.
Total Length:
Male carapace 3 .2 mm long, 2 .4 mm wide, female carapace 3 .5 mm long, 2 .7 mm wide.
Distribution in North Carolina
Comments:
Eastern half of the United States and Canada ; south into Florida
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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:
wet swampy shady areas, damp old fields
Observation Methods:
Abundance/Frequency:
Rare, two broods in northern areas. No records of adults from January, February or March ; then both sexes for the next four months; no adults in August or September ; males are present in October, and both sexes in November and December . The only egg sacs records are from July .
Status in North Carolina
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Comments:
Photo Gallery for
Trebacosa marxi
- a wolf spider
Photos: 4
Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2021-09-21
Durham Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2021-09-21
Durham Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2021-05-23
Durham Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2021-05-23
Durham Co.
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