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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 sylvanus
- 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 Dorsum of abdomen heavily pigmented, with light hastate area and indications of paired light spots. Coxae and endites light amber , unpigmented ; labium and venter lightly pigmented ; sternum light with marginal blotche s of pigment. Anterior eye row narrower than the posterior median row, almost straight ; anterior median eyes twice as large as laterals, closer to laterals than to each other . Clypeus about as high as the diameter of an anterior median eye . Lower margin of the furrow of the chelicerae with three unequal teeth, middle tooth the largest and closer t o the lateral, which is the smallest, than to the median . The median apophysis of the palpus of P. sylvanus somewhat resembles that of P. apacheanus, both in shape and in having a light-colored tip . The palpus of P. sylvanus is distinguished by the presence of a straight-edged shelf-like structure proximad of the bas e of the median apophysis (Fig. 235). Legs 4123, femora faintly banded . Tibiae I with eight ventral and lateral spines, the four proximal spines long, overlapping and ventral in position ; the distal pair is apical i n position. Tibiae II with eight ventral and lateral spines ; the ventral prolateral spines ar e reduced almost to bristles; the distal pair of spines are apical in position . Description of female .—From Cove Creek, Washington Co ., Arkansas, V-10-61, No . L-70. Carapace 2 .60 mm long, 1 .80 mm wide, with a distinct submarginal light band, an d tuning-fork pattern. Dorsum heavily pigmented, with a narrow light hastate mark an d four pairs of spots covered with white scales. Ventral surface yellowish amber except for scattered pigment in the center of the venter and narrow streaks of pigment along th e edge of the sternum. Anterior eye row narrower than the median row, slightly procurved ; anterior median eyes twice as large as laterals, somewhat closer to laterals than to eac h other . Clypeus height equals a diameter of an anterior median eye . Lower margin of the furrow of the chelicerae with three almost equally spaced teeth, the middle tooth th e largest, the other two almost equal in size . The epigynum of P. sylvanus is unlike that of any other Pirata that we have examined (Fig. 236-237). Legs 4123, very faintly pigmented ; the femora have a suggestion of annulations. Tibiae I with five long overlapping ventrolateral spines ; distal apical spines not developed . Tibiae II with four ventral spines and one spine lateral in position, th e proximal retrolateral spines longer than the prolaterals ; distal spines not developed .
Total Length:
Male Carapace 1 .93 mm long, 1 .35 mm wide. Female Carapace 2 .60 mm long, 1 .80 mm wide.
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:
Observation Methods:
pitfall traps
Abundance/Frequency:
Males have been collected from April into September and females from April into October. The only egg sac from October
Status in North Carolina
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