Genus Rabidosa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Rabid Wolf spiderling ? - Rabidosa rabida

Rabidosa rabida (Rabid Wolf Spider) ? - Rabidosa - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)

Genus Rabidosa

Explanation of Names

The genus name was formed by adding -osa to the species name for which the genus is based, rabida (Lycosa rabida).(1)

Remarks

Rabidosa (Roewer,1960) species and ranges from kaston.transy.edu

Rabidosa carrana (Bryant, 1934)FL, GA, NC

Rabidosa hentzi (Banks, 1904)FL, GA, LA, NC

Rabidosa punctulata (Hentz, 1844)AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA

Rabidosa rabida (Walckenaer, 1837)AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV; ON

Rabidosa santrita (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942)AZ

Internet References

Revision

Works Cited

1.	Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual By D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 29 July, 2005 - 6:04pm
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz
Last updated 4 December, 2006 - 3:06pm

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