The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/19664

Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz, 1844

FAMILY: PISAURIDAE Simon, 1890
    Genus: Dolomedes Latreille, 1804

        Species: Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz, 1844

Common Names

Family Common Name:  nursery web spiders
Genus Common Name:  fishing spiders
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:   ON MD NH PA SC WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: 


Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

Feeding Guild:  ambushers
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: Proctor, Heather


Credit: DeVries, Peter J.

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 tenebrosus Hentz 1844
Dolomedes idoneus Montgomery 1902
Dolomedes idoneus Emerton 1909
Dolomedes vernalis Emerton 1909
Dolomedes tenebrosus Comstock 1912
Dolomedes vernalis Comstock 1912
Dolomedes tenebrosus Bishop 1924
Dolomedes tenebrosus Comstock 1940
Dolomedes tenebrosus Kaston 1948
Dolomedes tenebrosus Carico & Holt 1964
Dolomedes tenebrosus Carico 1973
Dolomedes tenebrosus Sierwald & Coddington 1988
Dolomedes tenebrosus Sierwald 1989
Dolomedes tenebrosus Dondale & Redner 1990
Dolomedes tenebrosus Sierwald 1990
Dolomedes tenebrosus Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References

Bishop, S. C. 1924. A revision of the Pisauridae of the United States. New York St. Mus. Bull. 252: 1-140.

Carico, J. E. 1973. The Nearctic species of the genus Dolomedes (Araneae: Pisauridae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 144: 435-488.

Carico, J. E. & P. C. Holt. 1964. A comparative study of the female copulatory apparatus of certain species in the spider genus Dolomedes (Pisauridae: Araneae). Tech. Bull. agric. Exp. Stat. Blacksburg Virg. 172: 1-27.

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.

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

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.

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.

Sierwald, P. 1990. Morphology and homologous features in the male palpal organ in Pisauridae and other spider families, with notes on the taxonomy of Pisauridae (Arachnida: Araneae). Nemouria (Occas. Pap. Delaware Mus. nat. Hist.) 35: 1-59.

Sierwald, P. 1989. Morphology and ontogeny of female copulatory organs in American Pisauridae, with special reference to homologous features (Arachnida: Araneae). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 484: 1-24.

Sierwald, P. & J. A. Coddington. 1988. Functional aspects of the male palpal organ in Dolomedes tenebrosus, with notes on the mating behavior (Araneae, Pisauridae). J. Arachnol. 16: 262-265.

Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/PISAURIDAE.html

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Dolomedes Latreille, 1804‡‡

D. albineus Hentz, 1845 ...............USA
D. fimbriatus (Clerck, 1757) ...............Palearctic
D. gertschi Carico, 1973 ...............USA
D. okefinokensis Bishop, 1924 ...............USA
D. scriptus Hentz, 1845 ...............USA, Canada
D. striatus Giebel, 1869 ...............USA, Canada
D. triton (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............North America, Cuba
D. vittatus Walckenaer, 1837 ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution