Nearctic States & Provinces: AR CO FL MO MT OH OK TX UT WA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/17626
Arctosa littoralis (Hentz, 1844)
FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847
Species: Arctosa littoralis (Hentz, 1844)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
wolf spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: North, Central America
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AR CO FL MO MT OH OK TX UT WA
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:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: DeVries, Peter J.
Credit: McIntosh, Terry
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Arctosa littoralis Hentz 1844 |
| Lycosa maritima Hentz 1844 |
| Lycosa cinerea Emerton 1885 |
| Arctosa trifida F. O. P.-Cambridge 1902 |
| Lycosa cinerea Emerton 1902 |
| Lycosa cinerea Montgomery 1902 |
| Trochosa cinerea F. O. P.-Cambridge 1902 |
| Trochosa cinerea Montgomery 1904 |
| Lycosa cinerea Chamberlin 1908 |
| Arctosa littoralis Chamberlin 1924 |
| Arctosa panamana Petrunkevitch 1925 |
| Arctosa littoralis Kaston 1948 |
| Arkalosula panamana Roewer 1955 |
| Arctosa littoralis Roth & Brown 1976 |
| Arctosa littoralis Dondale & Redner 1983 |
| Arctosa littoralis Dondale & Redner 1990 |
| Arctosa littoralis Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1902. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 313-424.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1924. The spider fauna of the shores and islands of the Gulf of California. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 12: 561-694.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1908. Revision of North American spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 60: 158-318.
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. 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.
Hentz, N. M. 1844. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 4: 386-396.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Montgomery, T. H. 1904. Descriptions of North American Araneae of the families Lycosidae and Pisauridae. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 56: 261-325.
Montgomery, T. H. 1902. Descriptions of Lycosidae and Oxyopidae of Philadelphia and its vicinity. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 54: 534-592.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1925. Arachnida from Panama. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 27: 51-248.
Roewer, C. F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles, 2: 1-1751.
Roth, V. D. & W. L. Brown. 1976. A new wolf spider from the Gulf of California beaches. J. Ariz. Acad. Sci. 11: 61-63.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/LYCOSIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847‡‡
A. alpigena (Doleschall, 1852) ...............Holarctic
A. cinerea (Fabricius, 1777) ...............Palearctic, Congo
A. emertoni Gertsch, 1934 ...............USA, Canada
A. insignita (Thorell, 1872) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Russia
A. lama Dondale & Redner, 1983 ...............USA, Canada
A. leopardus (Sundevall, 1833) ...............Palearctic
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