Nearctic States & Provinces: AB ON AK CO CT MT NH NC OK WA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/19359
Trochosa terricola Thorell, 1856
FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Trochosa C. L. Koch, 1847
Species: Trochosa terricola Thorell, 1856
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
wolf spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB ON AK CO CT MT NH NC OK 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:
under logs or stones, shady fields or woods' edges (Dondale & Redner, 1990).
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Bryan, Nora
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Male Dimensions:
A+B = 8.12 mm
A = 4.11 mm
C = 2.86 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 9.8 mm
A = 4.6 mm
C = 3.3 mm
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
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†
| Trochosa terricola Thorell 1856 |
| Lycosa agretyca Blackwall 1861 |
| Lycosa terricola Westring 1861 |
| Trochosa trabalis Ohlert 1867 |
| Lycosa terricola Thorell 1872 |
| Lycosa lugubris Menge 1879 |
| Lycosa terricola Becker 1882 |
| Lycosa pratensis Emerton 1885 |
| Trochosina terricola Simon 1885 |
| Trochosa terricola Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891 |
| Lycosa pratensis Emerton 1894 |
| Lycosa terricola F. O. P.-Cambridge 1895 |
| Lycosa pratensis Emerton 1902 |
| Lycosa pratensis Montgomery 1903 |
| Trochosa terricola Bösenberg 1903 |
| Lycosa terricola pallida Nosek 1904 |
| Trochosa pratensis Montgomery 1904 |
| Lycosa pratensis Chamberlin 1908 |
| Trochosa terricola Dahl 1908 |
| Lycosa pratensis Comstock 1912 |
| Trochosa terricola Dahl & Dahl 1927 |
| Lycosa orophila Chamberlin & Gertsch 1929 |
| Lycosa pratensis Gertsch 1934 |
| Lycosa terricola Simon 1937 |
| Trochosa terricola Palmgren 1939 |
| Trochosa pratensis Comstock 1940 |
| Trochosa pratensis orophila Chamberlin & Ivie 1947 |
| Trochosa terricola Holm 1947 |
| Trochosa pratensis Kaston 1948 |
| Trochosa terricola Chrysanthus 1949 |
| Trochosa terricola Locket & Millidge 1951 |
| Trochosa terricola pratensis Hackman 1954 |
| Allohogna pratensis Roewer 1955 |
| Trochosa terricola Chrysanthus 1955 |
| Trochosa terricola Muller 1955 |
| Trochosa terricola Yaginuma 1957 |
| Lycosa terricola Saito 1959 |
| Trochosa terricola Buchar 1959 |
| Trochosa terricola Wiebes 1959 |
| Trochosa terricola Yaginuma 1960 |
| Trochosa terricola Engelhardt 1964 |
| Trochosa terricola Azheganova 1968 |
| Trochosa terricola Azheganova 1971 |
| Trochosa terricola Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971 |
| Trochosa terricola Miller 1971 |
| Trochosa terricola Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Trochosa terricola Yaginuma 1971 |
| Trochosa terricola Loksa 1972 |
| Trochosa terricola Locket, Millidge & Merrett 1974 |
| Trochosa terricola Kaston 1977 |
| Trochosa terricola Brady 1980 |
| Trochosa terricola Barrientos 1981 |
| Trochosa terricola Legotai & Sekerskaya 1982 |
| Trochosa terricola Roth 1982 |
| Trochosa terricola Roberts 1985 |
| Trochosa terricola Roth 1985 |
| Trochosa terricola Yaginuma 1986 |
| Trochosa pratensis Crawford 1988 |
| Trochosa terricola Tanaka 1988 |
| Trochosa terricola Alderweireldt 1989 |
| Trochosa terricola Chikuni 1989 |
| Trochosa terricola Legotai & Sekerskaya 1989 |
| Trochosa terricola Dondale & Redner 1990 |
| Trochosa terricola Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Trochosa terricola Roberts 1995 |
| Trochosa terricola Bellmann 1997 |
| Trochosa terricola Mcheidze 1997 |
| Trochosa terricola Roberts 1998 |
| Trochosa terricola Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Trochosa terricola Hu 2001 |
| Trochosa terricola Prentice 2001 |
| Trochosa terricola Song, Zhu & Chen 2001 |
| Trochosa terricola Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Trochosa terricola Almquist 2005 |
| Trochosa terricola Hepner & Milasowszky 2006 |
| Trochosa terricola 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
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 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. ruricola (De Geer, 1778) ...............Holarctic, Bermuda
T. spinipalpis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1895) ...............Palearctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: LYCOSIDAE, Trochosa terricola Thorell, 1856.
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/19359 (Accessed: 12/4/2008 3:50:32 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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