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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Thin-legged Wolf Spiders (Pardosa) » Pardosa californica

Species Pardosa californica

Classification · Size · Range · Season · Works Cited
Small male lycosid - Pardosa californica - male Small female lycosid - Pardosa californica - female P. californica female - Pardosa californica - female P. californica female - Pardosa californica - female P. californica male - Pardosa californica - male P. californica male - Pardosa californica - male P. californica male - Pardosa californica - male
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 Pardosa (Thin-legged Wolf Spiders)
Species californica (Pardosa californica)
Size
Female approx. 6 mm, male approx. 5 mm.
Range
"Oregon and Idaho, south to Baja California and Utah (1)".
Season
"Adult males have been collected in every month except January, and adult females from March to November. Egg sacs were collected from April to September (1)".
Works Cited
1.THE ATRATA, CUBANA, FERRUGINEA, MOESTA, MONTICOLA, SALTUARIA, AND SOLITUDA GROUPS OF THE SPIDER GENUS PARDOSA IN NORTH AMERICA
Dondale and Redner. 1987. The Canadian Entomologist.
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 31 January, 2010 - 9:56am
Last updated 24 March, 2019 - 5:44pm

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