Species Pardosa dorsuncata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range

Pardosa dorsuncata female with egg sac - Pardosa dorsuncata - female

voucher image - Pardosa dorsuncata - 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 dorsuncata (Pardosa dorsuncata)

Explanation of Names

Lowrie & Dondale, 1981

Identification

Info from Rod Crawford regarding Pardosa of Washington: Pardosa mackenziana [& P. dorsalis which is likely a synonym] females can't be distinguished from the equally common P. dorsuncata without a little bit of dissection. The posterior edge of the septum needs to be lifted away from the epigastric furrow to expose the posterior duct structure; nothing needs to be removed or cleared.

Range

USA, Canada, Alaska

Contributed by John Sloan on 30 August, 2010 - 5:11pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Mandy Howe
Last updated 7 April, 2014 - 11:03pm

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