The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/19211

Schizocosa ocreata (Hentz, 1844)

FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833
    Genus: Schizocosa Chamberlin, 1904
        Species: Schizocosa ocreata (Hentz, 1844)

Common Names

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

Distribution

Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces:   CO MD MO OK SC
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 ocreata Hentz 1842
Schizocosa ocreata Hentz 1844
Lycosa ocreata Keyserling 1877
Lycosa ocreata Emerton 1885
Lycosa charonoides Montgomery 1902
Lycosa ocreata Emerton 1902
Lycosa charonoides Montgomery 1903
Lycosa ocreata Emerton 1909
Schizocosa ocreata Comstock 1912
Schizocosa ocreata Comstock 1940
Schizocosa saltatrix Comstock 1940
Schizocosa ocreata Dondale & Redner 1990
Schizocosa ocreata Stratton 1991
Schizocosa ocreata Parker & Dorris 1995
Schizocosa ocreata Amaya & Klawinski 1996
Schizocosa ocreata Paquin & Dupérré 2003
Schizocosa ocreata Stratton 2005

Taxonomic References†

Amaya, C. C. & P. D. Klawinski. 1996. A method for assessing gender in immature wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae). J. Arachnol. 24: 158-160.

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.

Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1978. Revision of the Nearctic wolf spider genus Schizocosa (Araneida: Lycosidae). Can. Ent. 110: 143-181.

Emerton, J. H. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.

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.

Hentz, N. M. 1842. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 4: 54-57, 223-231.

Keyserling, E. 1877. Ueber amerikanische Spinnenarten der Unterordnung Citigradae. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 26: 609-708.

Montgomery, T. H. 1903. Supplementary notes on spiders of the genera Lycosa, Pardosa, Pirata, and Dolomedes from the northeastern United States. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 55: 645-655.

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.

Parker, R. & P. R. Dorris. 1995. Additions to the list of Schizocosa (family Lycosidae) for Arkansas. Proc. Ark. Acad. Sci. 49: 127-129.

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.

Stratton, G. E. 1991. A new species of wolf spider, Schizocosa stridulans (Araneae, Lycosidae). J. Arachnol. 19: 29-39.

†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. avida (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............North America
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. 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