The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/19347
Trochosa ruricola (De Geer, 1778)
FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Trochosa C. L. Koch, 1847
Species: Trochosa ruricola (De Geer, 1778)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
wolf spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic, Bermuda
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB ON QC CT FL IL ME MA NH NY OH WI
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: Nieuwenhuys, Ed
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†
| Aranea lupus ruricola De Geer 1778 |
| Trochosa ruricola De Geer 1778 |
| Aranea lupus Fourcroy 1785 |
| Aranea ruricola Olivier 1789 |
| Aranea agretyca Walckenaer 1805 |
| Lycosa agretyca Walckenaer 1826 |
| Lycosa lapidicola Hahn 1829 |
| Lycosa ruricola Hahn 1833 |
| Lycosa alpina Hahn 1835 |
| Lycosa agretyca Walckenaer 1837 |
| Trochosa ruricola C. L. Koch 1850 |
| Lycosa campestris Blackwall 1861 |
| Trochosa ruricola Thorell 1872 |
| Lycosa lacernata Karsch 1879 |
| Trochosa ruricola Menge 1879 |
| Trochosa terricola Menge 1879 |
| Lycosa ruricola Becker 1882 |
| Trochosa ruricola Hansen 1882 |
| Lycosa atlantica Marx 1889 |
| Trochosa ruricola Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891 |
| Lycosa ruricola F. O. P.-Cambridge 1898 |
| Trochosa ruricola Bösenberg 1903 |
| Trochosa ruricola Dahl 1908 |
| Trochosa ruricola Dahl & Dahl 1927 |
| Lycosa atlantica Petrunkevitch 1929 |
| Lycosa ruricola Simon 1937 |
| Lycosa atlantica Bryant 1940 |
| Trochosa ruricola Holm 1947 |
| Trochosa ruricola Locket & Millidge 1951 |
| Hoggicosa atlantica Roewer 1955 |
| Trochosa ruricola Chrysanthus 1955 |
| Trochosa ruricola Muller 1955 |
| Trochosula lacernata Roewer 1955 |
| Trochosa ruricola Buchar 1959 |
| Trochosa ruricola Wiebes 1959 |
| Alopecosa lacernata Roewer 1960 |
| Trochosa ruricola Lehtinen & Kleemola 1962 |
| Trochosa ruricola Engelhardt 1964 |
| Trochosa ruricola Azheganova 1971 |
| Trochosa ruricola Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971 |
| Trochosa ruricola Miller 1971 |
| Trochosa ruricola Namkung, Paik & Yoon 1971 |
| Trochosa ruricola Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Trochosa ruricola Loksa 1972 |
| Trochosa ruricola Yin 1978 |
| Trochosa ruricola Paik & Namkung 1979 |
| Trochosa ruricola Song 1980 |
| Trochosa ruricola Tanaka 1980 |
| Trochosa ruricola Wang 1981 |
| Trochosa ruricola Hu 1984 |
| Trochosa ruricola Roberts 1985 |
| Trochosa ruricola Zyuzin 1985 |
| Trochosa ruricola Yaginuma 1986 |
| Trochosa ruricola Song 1987 |
| Trochosa ruricola Zhang 1987 |
| Trochosa ruricola Sierwald 1988 |
| Trochosa ruricola Tanaka 1988 |
| Trochosa ruricola Chikuni 1989 |
| Trochosa ruricola Hu & Wu 1989 |
| Trochosa ruricola Chen & Gao 1990 |
| Trochosa ruricola Sierwald 1990 |
| Trochosa ruricola Chen & Zhang 1991 |
| Trochosa ruricola Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Trochosa ruricola Zhao 1993 |
| Trochosa ruricola Paik 1994 |
| Trochosa ruricola Roberts 1995 |
| Trochosa ruricola Yin, Bao & Wang 1995 |
| Trochosa ruricola Bellmann 1997 |
| Trochosa ruricola Mcheidze 1997 |
| Trochosa ruricola Yin et al. 1997 |
| Trochosa ruricola Milasowszky, Herberstein & Zulka 1998 |
| Trochosa ruricola Roberts 1998 |
| Trochosa ruricola Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Trochosa ruricola Prentice 2001 |
| Trochosa ruricola Song, Zhu & Chen 2001 |
| Trochosa ruricola Kim & Cho 2002 |
| Trochosa ruricola Namkung 2002 |
| Trochosa ruricola Namkung 2003 |
| Trochosa ruricola Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Trochosa ruricola Almquist 2005 |
| Trochosa ruricola Hepner & Milasowszky 2006 |
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†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 Trochosa C. L. Koch, 1847‡‡
T. acompa (Chamberlin, 1924) ...............USA
T. apothetica (Wallace, 1947) ...............USA
T. kalukanai (Simon, 1900) ...............Hawaii
T. robusta (Simon, 1876) ...............Palearctic
T. spinipalpis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1895) ...............Palearctic
T. terricola Thorell, 1856 ...............Holarctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution