Pardosa distincta (Blackwall, 1846)
| FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833 Genus: Pardosa C. L. Koch, 1847 Species: Pardosa distincta (Blackwall, 1846)  |
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General Comments: This species is distributed from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Arizona and Connecticut (Dondale & Redner, 1990).
Common Names
Family Common Name:
wolf spiders
Genus Common Name:
thinlegged wolf spiders
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces: (from the Nearctic Spider Database) 
AB BC ON CO IL MT NH PA SC SD WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)
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Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
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: fields, pastures, meadows, bogs, wheat fields, orchards, grassy clearings in woods, less frequent in deciduous and coniferous woods, sand dunes, beaches, quarries
Life & Natural History: Adult males have been collected from April to late August and adult females from April to mid October. Egg sacs have been retrieved or observed from mid June to mid October. Mating behaviour has been described by Kaston (1936).
Seasonality of Specimen Records: (from the Nearctic Spider Database - Requires Flash plug-in - refresh this page if not visible)
Image(s) of Habitus:
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Details About Males
Description: Carapace, abdomen and chelicerae are black though paler in Eastern specimens. The median and submarginal bands are indistinct and yellow to orange. Legs are yellow to pale orange. Femora, patellae, and bases of tibiae are black. The abdominal heart mark is often large, though indistinct. Palp: black to dark yellow with hairy tibia; terminal apophysis small; median apophysis with long, flat, and curved distall process and a small, hooked basal process (Dondale & Redner, 1990).
Male Dimensions:
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Details About Females
Description: Paler than male. Median and submarginal bands on carapace are pale, broad, and distinct. Epigynum: hood prominent with 1 broad and shallow cavity; median septum very prominent with a slender, tapered anterior end and a broad, rounded posterior end.
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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.
Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Blackwall, J. 1846. Notice of spiders captured by Professor Potter in Canada, with descriptions of such species as appear to be new to science. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 17: 30-44, 76-82.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1908. Revision of North American spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 60: 158-318.
Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.
Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721
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.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
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.
Gertsch, W. J. & H. K. Wallace. 1935. Further notes on American Lycosidae. Amer. Mus. Novit. 794: 1-22.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Montgomery, T. H. 1903. Supplementary notes on spiders of the genera Lycosa, Pardosa, Pirata, and Dolomedes from the northeastern United States. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 55: 645-655.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Vogel, B. R. 2004. A review of the spider genera Pardosa and Acantholycosa (Araneae, Lycosidae) of the 48 contiguous United States. J. Arachnol. 32: 55-108. 
Vogel, B. R. 1964. A taxonomic revision of the distincta group of the wolf spider genus Pardosa in America north of Mexico (Araneida, Lycosidae). Postilla 82: 1-30.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
Natural History References
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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Page Reference
Shorthouse, David P. submitted. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: LYCOSIDAE, Pardosa distincta (Blackwall, 1846). In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/18617 (Accessed: 5/12/2008 5:15:31 AM).
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