Species Gladicosa pulchra

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Wolf Spider - Gladicosa pulchra - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)

Genus Gladicosa

Species pulchra (Gladicosa pulchra)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tarentula pulchra

Lycosa insopita

Lycosa pulchra

Scaptocosa pulchra

Explanation of Names

(Keyserling, 1877)

Identification

Voucher male:

Voucher female:

"Gladicosa pulchra is closest to G. gulosa in size, coloration, and genitalic structure. Gladicosa pulchra is a larger species and is usually darker in color with a more distinct pattern. In most specimens of pulchra the venter of the abdomen is dark brown to black behind the epigastric furrow, while that of gulosa is yellowish to light brown."(1)

Range

From Long Island to Florida, west to Texas and southern Kansas. More abundant in the southeastern United States.(1)

Print References

Brady, A. R. 1987. Nearctic species of the new wolf spider genus Gladicosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Psyche 93: 285-320.(1)

Eubanks, M.D. & G.L. Miller, 1992. Life cycle and habitat preference of the facultatively arboreal wolf spider, Gladicosa pulchra (Araneae, Lycosidae). The Journal of Arachnology 20:157—164. [available for download here]

Works Cited

1.	Nearctic species of the new wolf spider genus Gladicosa (Araneae: Lycosidae) Allen R. Brady. 1987. Psyche, vol. 93, no. 3-4, 285-319.

Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 28 November, 2009 - 8:27am
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Mandy Howe
Last updated 18 January, 2014 - 4:33am

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