The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/19170

Rabidosa rabida (Walckenaer, 1837)

FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833
    Genus: Rabidosa Roewer, 1960

        Species: Rabidosa rabida (Walckenaer, 1837)

Common Names

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

Distribution

Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces:   LA OK SC TX 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: Jackman, John A.

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

Dolomedes lineatus Walckenaer 1837
Lycosa rabida Walckenaer 1837
Rabidosa rabida Walckenaer 1837
Lycosa scutulata Emerton 1885
Lycosa scutata Simon 1898
Lycosa scutulata Emerton 1902
Lycosa scutulata Montgomery 1902
Lycosa scutulata Chamberlin 1908
Lycosa rabida Muma 1943
Lycosa rabida Chamberlin & Ivie 1944
Lycosa rabida Kaston 1948
Rabidosa rabida Roewer 1955
Hogna rabida Dondale & Redner 1990
Rabidosa rabida Breene et al. 1993
Rabidosa rabida Brady & McKinley 1994

Taxonomic References

Brady, A. R. & K. S. McKinley. 1994. Nearctic species of the wolf spider genus Rabidosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). J. Arachnol. 22: 138-160.

Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.

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

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.

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.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

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.

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

Simon, E. 1898. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 193-380.

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 Rabidosa Roewer, 1960‡‡

R. carrana (Bryant, 1934) ...............USA
R. hentzi (Banks, 1904) ...............USA
R. punctulata (Hentz, 1844) ...............USA
R. santrita (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942) ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution