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Pardosa uintana Gertsch, 1933

	FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833     Genus: Pardosa C. L. Koch, 1847         Species: Pardosa uintana Gertsch, 1933
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Family Common Name:  wolf spiders
Genus Common Name:  thinlegged wolf spiders
Species Common Name:  none

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

Specimen Search Specimen list 734, 580

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: Spruce-fir forests at upper elevations, sphagnum bogs, lichen mats near streams, and alpine tundra
Life & Natural History: Egg sacs have 41-57 eggs, and more than one sac may be produced (Lowrie & Dondale, 1981).

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

Image(s) of Habitus:

Description: Carapace is dark brown to black, with a light band down the middle. Abdomen is dark and mottled. Legs are dark brown, but are paler towards the tips and have indistinct black rings (Lowrie & Dondale, 1981). Sternum is dark and chelicerae are light brown (Dondale & Redner, 1990). The palp is unique because of its tegulum, which can be seen from a side view to protrude greatly at the base (Lowrie & Dondale, 1981), and also because of its stout embolus, which has a helical tip, and its median apophysis with a short, slender, curved distal process (Dondale & Redner, 1990).

Male Dimensions: A = 2.85 mm  A+B = 5.69 mm  C = 2.18 mm

Image of External Male Genitalia: Credit: Frost, Carol

Description: Colouration as in male. Epigynum is unique because of its lateral swellings that converge posteriorly, and because of its elongate, ovoid spermathecae, which are more than twice as long as they are wide (Dondale & Redner, 1990).

Female Dimensions: A = 2.92 mm  A+B = 6.27 mm  C = 2.24 mm

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Pardosa uintana Gertsch 1933 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2070251

Pardosa uintana Bishop 1949 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2070252

Pardosa eiseni luciae Tongiorgi 1966 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2070202

Pardosa luciae Zyuzin 1979 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2070203

Pardosa uintana Lowrie & Dondale 1981 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2070253

Pardosa uintana Dondale & Redner 1990 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9735554

Pardosa uintana Paquin & Dupérré 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2011358

Pardosa uintana Kronestedt 2004 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2011357

Pardosa uintana Vogel 2004 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9738353

Bishop, S. C. 1949. Spiders of the Nueltin Lake Expedition, Keewatin, 1947. Can. Ent. 81: 101-104.

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.

Gertsch, W. J. 1933. New genera and species of North American spiders. Amer. Mus. Novit. 636: 1-28.

Kronestedt, T. 2004. Studies on species of Holarctic Pardosa groups (Araneae, Lycosidae). VI. On the identity of Pardosa luciae Tongiorgi with notes on P. trailli (O. P.-Cambridge) and some other species in the P. nigra-group. In Thaler, K. (ed.), Diversität und Biologie von Webspinnen, Skorpionen under anderen Spinnentieren. Denisia 12: 281-290.

Lowrie, D. C. & C. D. Dondale. 1981. A revision of the nigra group of the genus Pardosa in North America (Araneae, Lycosidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 170: 125-139.

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

Tongiorgi, P. 1966. Italian wolf spiders of the genus Pardosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 134: 275-334.

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.

Zyuzin, A. A. 1979. A taxonomic study of Palearctic spiders of the genus Pardosa (Aranei, Lycosidae). Part 1. The taxonomic structure of the genus. Ent. Obozr. 58: 431-447.

^‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

Lowrie, D. C. & C. D. Dondale. 1981. A revision of the nigra group of the genus Pardosa in North America (Araneae, Lycosidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 170: 125-139.

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