Species Rabidosa rabida - Rabid Wolf Spider

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Rabidosa Rabida? - Rabidosa rabida - female

Rabid Wolf spiderling ? - Rabidosa rabida

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

Species rabida (Rabid Wolf Spider)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lycosa rabida

Size

Length of female 16 to 21 mm; of male 11 to 12 mm (1).

Identification

The ground color is yellow, with brownish to black longitudinal stripes. In this species, the median dark band of the abdomen is broken and encloses lighter areas. The male has leg I dark brown or black. The venter is not spotted (1).

Range

New England to Florida and west to Oklahoma and Nebraska (1).

Internet References

More information from species page at University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web site:

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Rabidosa_rabida.html

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the Spiders By B. J. Kaston

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 29 July, 2005 - 6:04pm
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz, kschnei
Last updated 5 September, 2008 - 11:12am

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