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Trebacosa marxi - a wolf spider     Lycosidae Members: NC Records BugGuide Account Public View
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Vetting Levels
Adult phenology:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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id_comments Male with indistinct, wide submarginal light band and tuning-fork mark that is broken up into paired segments (Fig . 199). General body color in alcohol amber. Dorsum with distinct light-colored hastate mark bordered by black V-shaped mark which is bordered by light-colored converging stripes . Coxae, labium , sternum and endites without markings, venter with a little scattered pigment. Anterior eye row narrower than the posterior median row slightly procurved ; anterior median eyes a little larger than the anterior laterals, closer to each other than to th e laterals. Height of the clypeus twice the diameter of an anterior median eye . Lower margin of the furrow of the chelicerae with two teeth . Legs 4123, without annulae . Tibiae I and II with three pairs of ventrolateral spines, th e distal pair apical in position, each with an additional prolateral spine about halfwa y between the middle and apical pairs. The prolateral spine of the proximal pair on tibia I barely overlaps the middle spine . The prolateral spines of the proximal and middle pairs on tibia II are reduced to about half the size of their mates . Description of female.—From Ramsey, New Jersey, July 11, 1948, W . Ivie (A .M .N.H.). Carapace 3 .5 mm long, 2 .7 mm wide, with a rather indistinct submarginal light band and . . a narrow, light streak extending forward from the cervical groove to between the posterior lateral eyes (Fig . 200). For dorsum see the figure . Coxae, labium, endites and sternum without pigment . Anterior eye row narrower than the posterior median row, slightly procurved ; anterio r median eyes about half again as large as the anterior laterals ; anterior median eyes close r to each other than to the laterals. Height of the clypeus equal to the diameter of an anterior median eye . Lower margin of the furrow of the chelicerae with two teeth, th e largest near the base of the fang.
total_length Male carapace 3 .2 mm long, 2 .4 mm wide, female carapace 3 .5 mm long, 2 .7 mm wide.
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adult_id 1 identifiable by photo 2 identifiable by photo of specific features and/or supplementary info 3 identifiable from specimen only
abundance Rare, two broods in northern areas. No records of adults from January, February or March ; then both sexes for the next four months; no adults in August or September ; males are present in October, and both sexes in November and December . The only egg sacs records are from July .
distribution_comments Eastern half of the United States and Canada ; south into Florida
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>=4,000 ft.
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Seldom
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<4,000 ft.
Regular
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Infrequent
Occasional
Seldom
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Piedmont
Regular
Frequent
Infrequent
Occasional
Seldom
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Coastal Plain
Regular
Frequent
Infrequent
Occasional
Seldom
habitat wet swampy shady areas, damp old fields
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Recorded by: Carol Tingley
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Carol Tingley
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Carol Tingley
Durham Co.
Comment: Floodplain leaf litter
Recorded by: Carol Tingley
Durham Co.
Comment: Floodplain leaf litter