Nearctic States & Provinces: NH NC PA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/19093
Pirata montanus Emerton, 1885
FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Pirata Sundevall, 1833
Species: Pirata montanus Emerton, 1885
Common Names
Family Common Name:
wolf spiders
Genus Common Name:
pirate wolf spiders
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Russia
Nearctic States & Provinces:
NH NC PA
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†
| Pirata montanus Emerton 1885 |
| Pirata elegans Stone 1890 |
| Pirata agilis Banks 1892 |
| Pirata elegans Montgomery 1902 |
| Pirata nigromaculatus Montgomery 1902 |
| Pirata montanus Chamberlin 1908 |
| Pirata montanus Emerton 1911 |
| Pirata montanus Comstock 1912 |
| Pirata montanus Kaston 1938 |
| Pirata montanus Comstock 1940 |
| Pirata montanus Kaston 1948 |
| Hogna montanus Roewer 1955 |
| Pirata montanus Wallace & Exline 1978 |
| Pirata montanus Dondale & Redner 1990 |
| Pirata montanus Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.
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. 1911. New spiders from New England. Trans. Connect. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 16: 383-407.
Emerton, J. H. 1885. New England Lycosidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 481-505.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Kaston, B. J. 1938. Notes on little known New England spiders. Canad. Ent. 70: 12-17.
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.
Roewer, C. F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles, 2: 1-1751.
Stone, W. S. 1890. Pennsylvania and New Jersey spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1890: 420-434.
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.
†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
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. giganteus Gertsch, 1934 ...............USA
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. 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
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution