Pirata giganteus Gertsch, 1934
| FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833 Genus: Pirata Sundevall, 1833 Species: Pirata giganteus Gertsch, 1934  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
wolf spiders
Genus Common Name:
pirate wolf spiders
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA
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: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus: 
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Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic 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.
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1981. Classification of two North American species of Pirata, with a description of a new genus (Araneae, Lycosidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 170: 106-110.
Gertsch, W. J. 1934. Notes on American Lycosidae. Amer. Mus. Novit. 693: 1-25.
Roewer, C. F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles, 2: 1-1751.
Wallace, H. K. & H. Exline. 1978. Spiders of the genus Pirata in North America, Central America and the West Indies (Araneae: Lycosidae). J. Arachnol. 5: 1-112.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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