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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Allocosa » Allocosa funerea
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small wolf spider - Allocosa funerea - male
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

small wolf spider - Allocosa funerea - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 8, 2010
Size: 3.5mm
I'm not sure if it's mature, so I'll keep it for a little while.

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Contributed by tom murray on 9 July, 2010 - 9:19am
Last updated 14 November, 2022 - 2:34pm

Moved
Moved from Allocosa.
… tom murray, 10 July, 2010 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
Thanks Eric, I think Allocosa is right.
… tom murray, 9 July, 2010 - 11:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, thanks, Eric, for pointi
Yes, thanks, Eric, for pointing us in the right direction. Kaston's good ol' "How to Know..." book mentions Allocosa funerea, and the description and illustration fit your specimen perfectly.

BTW, things are finally quieting down here a bit; I should get back to your specimens this weekend or Monday, I think.

-K (in "sweltering Berlin")
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 10 July, 2010 - 1:48am login or register to post comments

 
A. funerea?
That would be a nice new addition if it turns out to be that species.
You're not alone in the heat. This whole week it's been 90 to 100 degrees every day. Who says that global warming is real:-)
… tom murray, 10 July, 2010 - 7:24am login or register to post comments

 
The drawing and description a
The drawing and description are so close (and it looks so unlike most other wolf spiders) that I would go ahead and move it to species. We can always correct ourselves.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 10 July, 2010 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

Allocosa?
Wondering if it might be in that genus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 July, 2010 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

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