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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
Pirata hiteorum
- a pirate wolf spider
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Taxonomy
Order:
ARANEAE
Infraorder:
ARANEOMORPHAE
Family:
LYCOSIDAE
Species Comment:
Named after the collectors, 0 . and M. Hite.
Identification
Online Description/Photos:
BugGuide
Google
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iNaturalist
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Wikipedia
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GBIF
Comments:
his small spider somewhat resembles P. minutus in appearance ; however, the front legs are not dark in the male as they are in P . minutus . At first glance th e epigynum looks like that of P. minutus, but close examination leaves no doubt as to their distinctness; the concave depressions in front of the tips of the lobes of the epigynum o f P. hiteorum are unique . The palp resembles that of P. aspirans most closely, but the anteromedial truncation of the median apophysis (Figs . 194-195) is unique also . However, positioning of the palpus determines the shape of the median apophysis from th e viewer's point of view and this palpus must be moved around carefully in order to obtai n a satisfactory impression of its structure .
Total Length:
Male Carapace 1 .50 mm long, 1 .03 mm wide. Female carapace is 1 .50 mm long, 1 .03 mm wide.
Distribution in North Carolina
Comments:
Southeastern United States, north to Virginia, west to Texas and north to Kansas.
County Map:
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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:
No record of P. hiteorum being taken near water. Most of the records are from under rocks, meadows, old fields.
Observation Methods:
Pitfall traps.
Abundance/Frequency:
Males from May to August with the majority from May and June . Most of the records of females are from August, but May, June and July are well represented . Egg sacs have been collected from May through August.
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
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State Protection:
Comments: