Nearctic States & Provinces: KS NC PA SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/19672
Dolomedes vittatus Walckenaer, 1837
FAMILY: PISAURIDAE Simon, 1890
Genus: Dolomedes Latreille, 1804
Species: Dolomedes vittatus Walckenaer, 1837
Common Names
Family Common Name:
nursery web spiders
Genus Common Name:
fishing spiders
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces:
KS NC PA SC
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: Bartlett, Troy
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 vittatus Walckenaer 1837 |
| Dolomedes urinator Hentz 1845 |
| Dolomedes lanceolatus Hentz 1847 |
| Dolomedes urinator Montgomery 1902 |
| Dolomedes urinator Montgomery 1904 |
| Dolomedes urinator Comstock 1912 |
| Dolomedes urinator Bishop 1924 |
| Dolomedes vittatus Bishop 1924 |
| Dolomedes urinator Comstock 1940 |
| Dolomedes urinator Kaston 1948 |
| Dolomedes vittatus Kaston 1948 |
| Dolomedes urinator Carico & Holt 1964 |
| Dolomedes vittatus Carico 1973 |
| Dolomedes vittatus Sierwald 1989 |
| Dolomedes vittatus Dondale & Redner 1990 |
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. 1885. New England Lycosidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 481-505.
Hentz, N. M. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.
Hentz, N. M. 1845. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 189-202.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
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.
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.
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/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. tenebrosus Hentz, 1844 ...............USA, Canada
D. triton (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............North America, Cuba
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution