Genus Pirata - Pirate Wolf Spiders

Classification · Explanation of Names · Works Cited

Pirate Wolf Spider with Egg Case Pirata sp. - Pirata piraticus - 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 Pirata (Pirate Wolf Spiders)

Explanation of Names

From Greek a-stem masculine noun for 'pirate'.(1)

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 6 August, 2005 - 11:42am
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz, kschnei
Last updated 31 August, 2008 - 11:14am

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