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Arctosa emertoni Gertsch, 1934

	FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833     Genus: Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847         Species: Arctosa emertoni Gertsch, 1934
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General Comments: A. emertoni can be found from interior British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Utah, Colorado, and North Carolina.

Family Common Name:  wolf spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)   CO MT NH
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)

Specimen Search Specimen list 0, 3

Feeding Guild:^† ground runners
^†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Recorded Habitats: shady woodlands, grasslands, bogs, muskeg, under beach litter (Dondale & Redner, 1990).
Life & Natural History: Adults can be collected from late May to late October.

Seasonality of Specimen Records: (from the Nearctic Spider Database - Requires Flash plug-in - refresh this page if not visible)

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Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Male Dimensions: A = 4.18 mm  A+B = 9.9 mm  C = 3.06 mm

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Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Female Dimensions: A = 4.44 mm  A+B = 12 mm  C = 3.29 mm

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Descriptions Source:
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1990. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 17. The wolf spiders, nurseryweb spiders, and lynx spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Lycosidae, Pisauridae, and Oxyopidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1856: 1-383.

Arctosa emertoni Gertsch 1934 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2064775

Arctosa emertoni Kaston 1948 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9735430

Crocodilosa emertoni Roewer 1955 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2064776

Trochosomma emertoni Roewer 1960 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2064777

Arctosa emertoni Dondale & Redner 1983 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2064778

Arctosa emertoni Dondale & Redner 1990 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2064779

Arctosa emertoni Paquin & Dupérré 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2009681

Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1990. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 17. The wolf spiders, nurseryweb spiders, and lynx spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Lycosidae, Pisauridae, and Oxyopidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1856: 1-383.

Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1983. Revision of the wolf spiders of the genus Arctosa C. L. Koch in North and Central America (Araneae: Lycosidae). J. Arachnol. 11: 1-30.

Emerton, J. H. 1885. New England Lycosidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 481-505.

Gertsch, W. J. 1934. Notes on American Lycosidae. Amer. Mus. Novit. 693: 1-25.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

Roewer, C. F. 1960. Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae) (Fortsetzung und Schluss). Explor. Parc natn. Upemba Miss. G. F. de Witte 55: 519-1040.

Roewer, C. F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles, 2: 1-1751.

^‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1990. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 17. The wolf spiders, nurseryweb spiders, and lynx spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Lycosidae, Pisauridae, and Oxyopidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1856: 1-383.

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Author of this page in progress: Shorthouse, David P. dshorthouse(at)eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2006-04-05T15:33:12Z