Nearctic States & Provinces: CO MT NH
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/17575
Arctosa emertoni Gertsch, 1934
FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847
Species: Arctosa emertoni Gertsch, 1934
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
General Comments: A. emertoni can be found from interior British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Utah, Colorado, and North Carolina.
Common Names
Family Common Name:
wolf spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CO MT NH
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
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.
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:
Image(s) of Habitus:
(images not yet available)
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Male Dimensions:
A+B = 9.9 mm
A = 4.18 mm
C = 3.06 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 12 mm
A = 4.44 mm
C = 3.29 mm
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
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†
| Arctosa emertoni Gertsch 1934 |
| Arctosa emertoni Kaston 1948 |
| Crocodilosa emertoni Roewer 1955 |
| Trochosomma emertoni Roewer 1960 |
| Arctosa emertoni Dondale & Redner 1983 |
| Arctosa emertoni Dondale & Redner 1990 |
| Arctosa emertoni Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
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. 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 accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/LYCOSIDAE.html
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.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847‡‡
A. alpigena (Doleschall, 1852) ...............Holarctic
A. cinerea (Fabricius, 1777) ...............Palearctic, Congo
A. insignita (Thorell, 1872) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Russia
A. lama Dondale & Redner, 1983 ...............USA, Canada
A. leopardus (Sundevall, 1833) ...............Palearctic
A. littoralis (Hentz, 1844) ...............North, Central America
A. minuta F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 ...............USA to Guyana
A. perita (Latreille, 1799) ...............Holarctic
A. raptor (Kulczynski, 1885) ...............Russia, Nepal, USA, Canada
A. rubicunda (Keyserling, 1877) ...............USA, Canada
A. sanctaerosae Gertsch & Wallace, 1935 ...............USA
A. stigmosa (Thorell, 1875) ...............France, Norway to Ukraine
A. virgo (Chamberlin, 1925) ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: LYCOSIDAE, Arctosa emertoni Gertsch, 1934.
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/17575 (Accessed: 10/7/2008 5:53:11 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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