Nearctic States & Provinces: AB AK CO CT MT NH WA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/19101
Pirata piraticus (Clerck, 1757)
FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Pirata Sundevall, 1833
Species: Pirata piraticus (Clerck, 1757)
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
wolf spiders
Genus Common Name:
pirate wolf spiders
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB AK CO CT MT NH 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:
fresh and salt marshes, swamps, bogs, moist shores of lakes and streams (Dondale & Redner, 1990).
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Nieuwenhuys, Ed
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Male Dimensions:
A+B = 5.56 mm
A = 2.84 mm
C = 2.13 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 3.06 mm
A = 2.86 mm
C = 2.13 mm
Image of Epigynum:
Credit: Slowik, Joey
Descriptions Source:
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.
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Araneus piraticus Clerck 1757 |
| Pirata piraticus Clerck 1757 |
| Pirata piraticus Clerck 1758 |
| Aranea piratica Olivier 1789 |
| Lycosa piratica Walckenaer 1805 |
| Lycosa piratica Hahn 1831 |
| Pirata piraticus Sundevall 1833 |
| Lycosa argenteomarginata Lucas 1846 |
| Lycosa piratica C. L. Koch 1847 |
| Potamia piratica Thorell 1856 |
| Lycosa piratica Blackwall 1861 |
| Potamia argenteomarginata Simon 1864 |
| Lycosa piratica Thorell 1872 |
| Pirata piraticus Simon 1876 |
| Pirata prodigiosa Keyserling 1877 |
| Pirata piraticus Menge 1879 |
| Lycosa febriculosa Becker 1881 |
| Pirata piraticus Becker 1882 |
| Pirata piraticus Hansen 1882 |
| Pirata piraticus Bösenberg 1903 |
| Pirata febriculosa Chamberlin 1908 |
| Pirata piraticus Dahl 1908 |
| Pirata piraticus utahensis Chamberlin 1908 |
| Pirata febriculosa Comstock 1912 |
| Pirata piraticus Dahl & Dahl 1927 |
| Pirata piraticus Reimoser 1928 |
| Pirata piraticus Kratochvíl 1931 |
| Pirata piraticus Saito 1934 |
| Lycosa piraticus Simon 1937 |
| Pirata piraticus Gertsch & Wallace 1937 |
| Pirata piraticus Kaston 1938 |
| Pirata piraticus Palmgren 1939 |
| Pirata febriculosa Comstock 1940 |
| Pirata piraticus Holm 1947 |
| Pirata piraticus Kaston 1948 |
| Pirata piraticus Locket & Millidge 1951 |
| Pirata piraticus Braendegaard 1958 |
| Pirata piraticus Saito 1959 |
| Pirata piraticus Wiebes 1959 |
| Pirata piratica Yaginuma 1960 |
| Pirata piraticus Yaginuma 1965 |
| Pirata piraticus Buchar 1966 |
| Pirata piraticus Azheganova 1968 |
| Pirata piraticus von Helversen & Harms 1969 |
| Pirata piraticus Azheganova 1971 |
| Pirata piraticus Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971 |
| Pirata piraticus Miller 1971 |
| Pirata piraticus Namkung, Paik & Yoon 1971 |
| Pirata piraticus Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Pirata piraticus Yaginuma 1971 |
| Pirata piraticus Loksa 1972 |
| Pirata piraticus Tanaka 1974 |
| Pirata piraticus Michelucci & Tongiorgi 1976 |
| Pirata piraticus Jocqué 1977 |
| Pirata piraticus Wallace & Exline 1978 |
| Pirata piraticus Paik & Namkung 1979 |
| Pirata piraticus Kronestedt 1980 |
| Pirata piraticus Snazell 1983 |
| Pirata piraticus Hu 1984 |
| Pirata piraticus Roberts 1985 |
| Pirata piraticus Zyuzin 1985 |
| Pirata piraticus Yaginuma 1986 |
| Pirata piraticus Liu 1987 |
| Pirata piraticus Tanaka 1988 |
| Pirata piraticus Yu & Song 1988 |
| Pirata piraticus Chikuni 1989 |
| Pirata piraticus Hu & Wu 1989 |
| Pirata piraticus Chen & Gao 1990 |
| Pirata piraticus Dondale & Redner 1990 |
| Pirata piraticus Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Pirata piraticus Zhao 1993 |
| Pirata piraticus Roberts 1995 |
| Pirata piraticus Agnarsson 1996 |
| Pirata piraticus Yin et al. 1997 |
| Pirata piraticus Roberts 1998 |
| Pirata piraticus Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Pirata piraticus Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Pirata piraticus Almquist 2005 |
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†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/LYCOSIDAE.html
Natural History 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.
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. montanus Emerton, 1885 ...............USA, Canada, Russia
P. nanatus Gertsch, 1940 ...............USA
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
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: LYCOSIDAE, Pirata piraticus (Clerck, 1757).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/19101 (Accessed: 7/8/2008 11:45:11 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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