The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/19074
Pirata giganteus Gertsch, 1934
FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Pirata Sundevall, 1833
Species: Pirata giganteus Gertsch, 1934
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
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
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. †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 Pirata Sundevall, 1833‡‡
P. alachuus Gertsch & Wallace, 1935 ...............USA ‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
‡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)
Image(s) of Habitus:
(images not yet available)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Pirata gigantea Gertsch 1934
Pirata giganteus Gertsch 1934
Arkalosula gigantea Roewer 1955
Pirata giganteus Wallace & Exline 1978
Pirata giganteus Dondale & Redner 1981
Pirata giganteus Dondale & Redner 1990
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.
P. allapahae Gertsch, 1940 ...............USA
P. apalacheus Gertsch, 1940 ...............USA
P. aspirans Chamberlin, 1904 ...............USA, Canada
P. bryantae Kurata, 1944 ...............Canada, Alaska
P. canadensis Dondale & Redner, 1981 ...............Canada
P. cantralli Wallace & Exline, 1978 ...............USA, Canada
P. davisi Wallace & Exline, 1978 ...............USA, Mexico
P. hiteorum Wallace & Exline, 1978 ...............USA
P. hygrophilus Thorell, 1872 ...............Palearctic
P. indigenus Wallace & Exline, 1978 ...............USA
P. insularis Emerton, 1885 ...............Holarctic
P. iviei Wallace & Exline, 1978 ...............USA
P. knorri (Scopoli, 1763) ...............Palearctic
P. mayaca Gertsch, 1940 ...............USA, Bahama Is., Cuba
P. minutus Emerton, 1885 ...............North America
P. montanoides Banks, 1892 ...............USA
P. montanus Emerton, 1885 ...............USA, Canada, Russia
P. nanatus Gertsch, 1940 ...............USA
P. piraticus (Clerck, 1757) ...............Holarctic
P. piratimorphus (Strand, 1908) ...............USA
P. piscatorius (Clerck, 1757) ...............Palearctic
P. sedentarius Montgomery, 1904 ...............North America, Greater Antilles
P. seminolus Gertsch & Wallace, 1935 ...............USA
P. spiniger (Simon, 1898) ...............USA
P. suwaneus Gertsch, 1940 ...............USA, Bahama Is.
P. sylvanus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 ...............USA
P. triens Wallace & Exline, 1978 ...............USA
P. welakae Wallace & Exline, 1978 ...............USA
P. zelotes Wallace & Exline, 1978 ...............USA, Canada