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Gladicosa gulosa (Walckenaer, 1837)

FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833
    Genus: Gladicosa Brady, 1987

        Species: Gladicosa gulosa (Walckenaer, 1837)

Common Names

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

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:   AR CO CT MA NC OK PA SC VA
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: Murray, Tom

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

Gladicosa gulosa Walckenaer 1837
Lycosa gulosa Walckenaer 1837
Leimonia gulosa Simon 1864
Lycosa kochii Emerton 1885
Lycosa kochii Stone 1890
Lycosa kochii Emerton 1902
Lycosa nigraurata Montgomery 1902
Lycosa purcelli Montgomery 1902
Trochosa purcelli Montgomery 1904
Lycosa gulosa Chamberlin 1908
Lycosa gulosa Comstock 1912
Lycosa kochii Gertsch & Wallace 1935
Lycosa gulosa Comstock 1940
Lycosa nigraurata Muma 1943
Varacosa gulosa Roewer 1955
Gladicosa gulosa Brady 1987
Gladicosa gulosa Dondale & Redner 1990
Gladicosa gulosa Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References

Brady, A. R. 1987. Nearctic species of the new wolf spider genus Gladicosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Psyche, Camb. 93: 285-319.

Chamberlin, R. V. 1908. Revision of North American spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 60: 158-318.

Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.

Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721

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. 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.

Gertsch, W. J. & H. K. Wallace. 1935. Further notes on American Lycosidae. Amer. Mus. Novit. 794: 1-22.

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.

Muma, M. H. 1943. Common spiders of Maryland. Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore, 179 pp.

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

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

Simon, E. 1864. Histoire naturelle des araignées (aranéides). Paris, pp. 1-540.

Stone, W. S. 1890. Pennsylvania and New Jersey spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1890: 420-434.

Walckenaer, C. A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris, 1: 1-682.

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 Gladicosa Brady, 1987‡‡

G. bellamyi (Gertsch & Wallace, 1937) ...............USA
G. euepigynata (Montgomery, 1904) ...............USA
G. huberti (Chamberlin, 1924) ...............USA
G. pulchra (Keyserling, 1877) ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution