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Species Allocosa funerea

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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 Allocosa
Species funerea (Allocosa funerea)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Explanation of Names
(Hentz, 1844)
Size
Male: 3.5-4.9mm
Female: 4.0-5.6mm(1)
Identification
Male: "Carapace dark red to black, often paler posteriorly, minutely and evenly punctate, with few setae. Sternum dark brown. Chelicerae dark red brown to black, paler distally. Legs with femora black, with femora tips and remaining segments dark orange; tibiae (especially III and IV) each with 2 broad, dark rings. Abdominal dorsum dark yellow, with many small, black spots; venter yellow or orange, with few small, black spots." Female: "General structure and colour essentially as in male but leg femora often paler, and tibial rings less distinct." ... "Specimens of A. funerea can be recognized by the minutely punctate carapace. The combination of dark carapace and leg femora, the latter usually without trace of darker rings, is also diagnostic. A. funerea is probably the most common species of the genus."(1)
Range
USA; Kansas and southern Michigan to Massachusetts, south to Texas and Florida.(2)(1)
Habitat
"Many collections have been made in grassy fields, meadows, lawns, gardens, and pine forests. A few were found wandering indoors."(1)
Season
"Both sexes have been collected from April to September, with occasional females in October."(1)
Remarks
Type species.(1)
Works Cited
1.The wolf spider genus Allocosa in North and Central America (Araneae: Lycosidae)
Charles D. Dondale & James H. Redner. 1983. The Canadian Entomologist 115: 933-964.
2.The Wolf Spiders, Nurseryweb Spiders, and Lynx Spiders of Canada and Alaska
Dondale, Charles D. and James H. Redner. 1990. Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Ottawa.