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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
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-
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LYCOSIDAE Members:
Allocosa funerea
Alopecosa unidentified species
Arctosa littoralis
Geolycosa fatifera
Geolycosa pikei
Geolycosa turricola
Geolycosa unidentified species
Gladicosa gulosa
Gladicosa pulchra
Gladicosa unidentified species
Hogna antelucana
Hogna carolinensis
Hogna frondicola
Hogna lenta
Hogna unidentified species
Pardosa lapidicina
Pardosa milvina
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 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 terricola
Varacosa avara
Varacosa shenandoa
NC
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Pirata alachuus
- a pirate wolf spider
Taxonomy
Order:
ARANEAE
Infraorder:
ARANEOMORPHAE
Family:
LYCOSIDAE
Species Comment:
This species was named for the county in which the type specimens were found.
Identification
Online Description/Photos:
BugGuide
Google
,
iNaturalist
,
Wikipedia
,
GBIF
Comments:
A small spider, with a wide marginal light band on the carapace, otherwise resembling P. sedentarius in pattern, and indistinct annulae on legs. Anterior eye row slightly procurved, slightly narrower than posterior median eye row . Epigynum with posteriorly rounded lobes about one-half diameter apart . Median apophysis of palp unique, truncated anteriorly so that it has somewhat the shape of a tomahawk or hatchet. The distal (anterior) end of the median apophysis is sometimes transparent and difficul t to see.
Total Length:
Carapace usually less than 2 .0 mm long in males and less than 2 .4 mm in females
Distribution in North Carolina
Comments:
County Map:
Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
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:
P. alachuus is not as riparious as most Pirata. It is not confined to the margins of ponds and streams and throughout its range may be found in leaf litter of mesic woods, in cultivated fields or sometimes in exposed areas.
Observation Methods:
Pitfall traps, litter sifting.
Abundance/Frequency:
April - July for adults. Egg sacs May through September, Egg sacs measure from 2 .0 to 2.8 mm in diameter, and are slightly flattened dorsoventrally when first made, becoming round as the young hatch.
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks:
State Protection:
Comments:
Photo Gallery for
Pirata alachuus
- a pirate wolf spider
Photos: 6
Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2022-05-09
Durham Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2022-05-09
Durham Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Donald Zepp on 2021-12-15
Johnston Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2021-06-10
Orange Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2021-05-23
Durham Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2021-05-23
Durham Co.
Comment:
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