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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 spiniger
- a pirate wolf spider
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Taxonomy
Order:
ARANEAE
Infraorder:
ARANEOMORPHAE
Family:
LYCOSIDAE
Identification
Online Description/Photos:
BugGuide
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Wikipedia
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GBIF
Comments:
Male Carapace 2 .20 mm long, 1 .57 mm wide, without markings . Legs and carapace from above amber in color ,dorsum of abdomen light yellow, almost white in color . Ventrally there is no pattern, the sternum and venter slightly lighter in color than the legs . The muscles in the cephalothorax are faintly visible from above giving the carapace a faint striated appearance . The anterior eye row is wider than the posterior median row, and is straight . The anterior median eyes are twice as large as the anterior laterals and the same size as th e posterior laterals; and are closer to each other than to the laterals. The clypeus height equals the diameter of an anterior median eye . Lower margin of the furrow of the chelicerae with three, almost equally spaced teeth, the median tooth the largest, the othe r two similar in size . Legs 4123, unbanded. Tibia I with twelve long, overlapping ventrolateral, two pro -lateral, and retrolateral spines . Metatarsus I with nine ventrolateral and lateral spines, the distal pair far removed from the apical position . Tibia II with 12 long overlapping, ventrolateral, two prolateral, and two retrolateral spines. Metatarsus II with nine ventrolateral and lateral spines . Palpus very similar to that of P. sedentarius . Female Carapace 2 .25 mm long, 1 .68 mm wide, immaculate . Female resembles the male in lacking pigmented pattern, in coloration , in eye arrangement, and cheliceral dentition . The epigynum appears to be identical with that of P. sedentarius (Fig. 168). Legs 4123 . Tibia I with 11 ventrolateral, three prolateral, one retrolateral, and on dorsal spine . The ventrolateral spines are long and overlapping . Tibia II with ten long , overlapping ventrolateral spines ; and two prolateral, two retrolateral and one dorsal spine .
Total Length:
Male Carapace 2 .20 mm long, 1 .57 mm wide; Female Carapace 2 .25 mm long, 1 .68 mm
Distribution in North Carolina
Comments:
Southeastern United States
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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:
Dry forests, mixed pine and hardwood, oak, turkey oak.
Observation Methods:
Pitfall traps, litter sifting.
Abundance/Frequency:
Summer
Behavior:
. It appears to be a species developed in cavernicolous isolation, perhaps during periods of glaciation, where it acquired some of the modifications, i .e ., reduced eyes, reduced pigment, spine and sense organ modifications, not unusual in cave-dwelling species .
Status in North Carolina
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