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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Alopecosa » Alopecosa aculeata
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Adult Male - Alopecosa aculeata - male
Copyright © 2010 John Sloan

Adult Male - Alopecosa aculeata - Male
Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada
November 15, 2010
Size: BL = 9.5 mm

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Contributed by John Sloan on 29 November, 2010 - 8:16pm
Last updated 30 November, 2010 - 2:41am

Moved
Moved from Alopecosa.
… John Sloan, 30 November, 2010 - 2:41am login or register to post comments

A. aculeata? (Not sure what e
A. aculeata? (Not sure what else might be possible.)
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 30 November, 2010 - 2:19am login or register to post comments

 
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I think the "nearly straight" embolus base (Dondale, 1990) makes this A. aculeata.

The abdominal pattern and colors are so different from some of the other males I've put into the aculeata species page that I'm going to revisit those specimens and take another look at their palps. I might dissect out the embolus in each one for a better look at the base, to try and rule out A. kochii as the other possibility. Dondale mentions that the abdomens of kochii males can have some orange coloring.
… John Sloan, 30 November, 2010 - 2:50am login or register to post comments

 
Ah, yes, I forgot kochii. Ver
Ah, yes, I forgot kochii. Very similar, aren't they.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 30 November, 2010 - 3:57am login or register to post comments

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