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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
Schizocosa salsa
- a wolf spider
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Taxonomy
Order:
ARANEAE
Infraorder:
ARANEOMORPHAE
Family:
LYCOSIDAE
Identification
Online Description/Photos:
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Technical Description:
Barnes
Comments:
MALE: COLOR: Carapace with a median longitudinal yellow band beginning at second eye row. Band slightly invaded by black pigment at level of third eye row, expanded slightly behind middle of carapace and straight from middle to posterior margin. Thoracic groove dark. A submarginal yellow band as wide as median extends from posterior lateral angles of carapace to anterior eye row. Eyes ringed with black; tuft of gray hairs between eyes of second row. Labium and endites yellow. Sternum yellow, with a thin median longitudinal black line and three small black spots on each side between coxae. Abdomen with a median light band tapering to a point at posterior end of abdomen; anteriorly the band includes a pair of longitudinal dark lines which extend posteriorly to about the middle of the abdomen where they unite and continue a short distance as a single line. Sides of abdomen becoming lighter ventrally. Venter yellow, with a pair of irregular black lines extending from the genital furrow posteriorly and approaching each other in the region of the spinnerets. Distal two-fifths of tibia I with a brush of jet black hairs; distal tip of metatarsus IV dark. All other leg segments yellow. FEMALE: COLOR: As in male except for absence of brush on tibia I.
Total Length:
MALE: Total length, 7.50 mm. Carapace, 3.92 mm. long, 3.00 mm. wide. Sternum, 1.78 mm. long, 1.35 mm. wide. Abdomen, 3.57 mm. long. FEMALE: Total length, 8.07 mm. Carapace, 4.07 mm. long, 2.85 mm. wide. Sternum, 1.71 mm. long, 1.28 mm. wide. Abdomen, 4.00 mm. long.
Structural Features:
MALE: STRUCTURE: First eye row moderately procurved. Anterior medians closer to anterior laterals than to each other and separated by a little less than their diameter. Eyes of third row separated by two and onehalf times their diameter. Sides of head moderately steep. Carapace almost horizontal to posterior end of thoracic furrow, after which there is an even slope to the posterior margin of the carapace. Spination as usual in the genus. Leg ratio: 4:1:2:3. Palpal organ with almost one-half of cymbium extending above alveolus. Details as figured. FEMALE: STRUCTURE: As in male. Epigynum with narrow lateral guides; details as figured. The median apophysis of this species is similar to that of Schizocosa duplex Chamberlin, and the distal division of the bulb has a very small horn. However, the brush of hairs present in the male of this species is lacking in S. duplex, and the female epigynum has much narrower lateral guides, with the division barely evident.
Distribution in North Carolina
Comments:
Only known from NC
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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:
Saltwater Marshes and Flats
Observation Methods:
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
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