Nearctic States & Provinces: ON AR CO MO MT NH SC TX WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/19178
Schizocosa avida (Walckenaer, 1837)
FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Schizocosa Chamberlin, 1904
Species: Schizocosa avida (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:
ON AR CO MO MT NH SC TX WY
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:
(images not yet available)
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†
| Lycosa avida Walckenaer 1837 |
| Schizocosa avida Walckenaer 1837 |
| Lycosa erratica Hentz 1844 |
| Lycosa sagittata Hentz 1844 |
| Lycosa propinqua Blackwall 1846 |
| Tarentula lepida Keyserling 1877 |
| Lycosa lepida Montgomery 1902 |
| Lycosa lepida Montgomery 1904 |
| Lycosa erratica Chamberlin 1908 |
| Lycosa avida Petrunkevitch 1910 |
| Schizocosa avida Gertsch & Wallace 1937 |
| Lycosa avida Comstock 1940 |
| Lycosa erratica Comstock 1940 |
| Lycosa avida Kaston 1948 |
| Avicosa avida Roewer 1955 |
| Schizocosa avida Dondale 1969 |
| Schizocosa avida Dondale & Redner 1978 |
| Schizocosa avida Roth 1982 |
| Schizocosa avida Roth 1985 |
| Schizocosa avida Dondale & Redner 1990 |
| Schizocosa avida Breene et al. 1993 |
| Schizocosa avida Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Schizocosa avida Stratton 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
Blackwall, J. 1846. Notice of spiders captured by Professor Potter in Canada, with descriptions of such species as appear to be new to science. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 17: 30-44, 76-82.
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.
Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.
Dondale, C. D. 1969. Two new species of the spider genus Schizocosa (Araneida: Lycosidae) from the Great Lakes region. Can. J. Zool. 47: 751-758.
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.
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1978. Revision of the Nearctic wolf spider genus Schizocosa (Araneida: Lycosidae). Can. Ent. 110: 143-181.
Gertsch, W. J. & H. K. Wallace. 1937. New American Lycosidae with notes on other species. Amer. Mus. Novit. 919: 1-22.
Hentz, N. M. 1844. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 4: 386-396.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1877. Ueber amerikanische Spinnenarten der Unterordnung Citigradae. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 26: 609-708.
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.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1910. Some new or little known American Spiders. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 19: 205-224.
Roewer, C. F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles, 2: 1-1751.
Roth, V. D. 1985. Spider genera of North America. American Arachnological Society, Gainesville, Florida.
Roth, V. D. 1982. Handbook for spider identification. Published by the author, Portal, Arizona.
Stratton, G. E. 2005. Evolution of ornamentation and courtship behavior in Schizocosa: insights from a phylogeny based on morphology (Araneae, Lycosidae). J. Arachnol. 33: 347-376.
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 Schizocosa Chamberlin, 1904‡‡
S. aulonia Dondale, 1969 ...............USA
S. bilineata (Emerton, 1885) ...............USA, Canada
S. ceratiola (Gertsch & Wallace, 1935) ...............USA
S. cespitum Dondale & Redner, 1978 ...............Canada
S. chiricahua Dondale & Redner, 1978 ...............USA
S. communis (Emerton, 1885) ...............USA, Canada
S. crassipalpata Roewer, 1951 ...............USA, Canada
S. crassipes (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............USA
S. duplex Chamberlin, 1925 ...............USA
S. floridana Bryant, 1934 ...............USA
S. humilis (Banks, 1892) ...............USA, Canada
S. incerta (Bryant, 1934) ...............USA
S. maxima Dondale & Redner, 1978 ...............USA
S. mccooki (Montgomery, 1904) ...............North America
S. mimula (Gertsch, 1934) ...............USA, Mexico
S. minnesotensis (Gertsch, 1934) ...............USA, Canada
S. ocreata (Hentz, 1844) ...............North America
S. perplexa Bryant, 1936 ...............USA
S. puebla Chamberlin, 1925 ...............USA
S. retrorsa (Banks, 1911) ...............USA, Mexico
S. rovneri Uetz & Dondale, 1979 ...............USA
S. salsa Barnes, 1953 ...............USA
S. saltatrix (Hentz, 1844) ...............North America
S. segregata Gertsch & Wallace, 1937 ...............USA
S. stridulans Stratton, 1984 ...............USA
S. uetzi Stratton, 1997 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution