The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/17879

Geolycosa wrighti (Emerton, 1912)

FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833
    Genus: Geolycosa Montgomery, 1904

        Species: Geolycosa wrighti (Emerton, 1912)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  wolf spiders
Genus Common Name:  burrowing wolf spiders
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:   ON CO
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.

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

Geolycosa wrighti Emerton 1912
Lycosa wrightii Emerton 1912
Geolycosa wrighti Banks, Newport & Bird 1932
Geolycosa wrighti Wallace 1942
Scaptocosa wrighti Roewer 1955
Geolycosa wrighti Dondale & Redner 1990

Taxonomic References

Banks, N., N. M. Newport & R. D. Bird. 1932. Oklahoma spiders. Publ. Univ. Oklahoma biol. Surv. 4(1): 7-49.

Chamberlin, R. V. 1910. Notes on North American Lycosidae. Canad. Ent. 42: 17-22.

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. 1912. Four burrowing Lycosa (Geolycosa Montg. Scaptocosa Banks) including one new species. Psyche 19: 25-36.

Roewer, C. F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles, 2: 1-1751.

Wallace, H. K. 1942. A revision of the burrowing spiders of the genus Geolycosa. Amer. Midl. Natural. 27: 1-62.

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 Geolycosa Montgomery, 1904‡‡

G. domifex (Hancock, 1899) ...............USA, Canada
G. escambiensis Wallace, 1942 ...............USA
G. fatifera (Hentz, 1842) ...............USA
G. gosoga (Chamberlin, 1925) ...............USA
G. grandis (Banks, 1894) ...............USA, Mexico
G. hubbelli Wallace, 1942 ...............USA
G. latifrons Montgomery, 1904 ...............USA
G. micanopy Wallace, 1942 ...............USA
G. missouriensis (Banks, 1895) ...............USA, Canada
G. ornatipes (Bryant, 1935) ...............USA
G. patellonigra Wallace, 1942 ...............USA
G. pikei (Marx, 1881) ...............USA
G. rafaelana (Chamberlin, 1928) ...............USA
G. riograndae Wallace, 1942 ...............USA
G. rogersi Wallace, 1942 ...............USA
G. sepulchralis (Montgomery, 1902) ...............USA
G. turricola (Treat, 1880) ...............USA
G. uinticolens (Chamberlin, 1936) ...............USA
G. xera McCrone, 1963 ...............USA
G. xera archboldi McCrone, 1963 ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution