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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Rabidosa

Genus Rabidosa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Wolf Spider - Rabidosa punctulata Wolf Spider and Egg Sac - Rabidosa rabida - female Dotted Wolf Spider - Rabidosa punctulata - female Rabidosa rabida? - Rabidosa rabida - female Rabid Wolf Spider ? - Rabidosa punctulata Rabidosa rabida? - Rabidosa rabida - female wolf spider--Rabidosa sp.? - Rabidosa Rabidosa? - Rabidosa
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 Rabidosa
Explanation of Names
The genus name was formed by adding -osa to the species name for which the genus is based, rabida (Lycosa rabida).(1)
Numbers
5 species in bugguide's range.
Identification
The following images are being used to match the drawings and information from the paper by Brady & McKinley, 1994: Nearctic Species of the Wolf Spider Genus Rabidosa.

Rabidosa rabida - Look for the white 'spots' inside the posterior portion of the dark abdominal stripe.


Rabidosa santrita - Found in the southwest US (unlike the other species in the genus). Look for the horizontal lines through the posterior portion of the abdominal stripe.


Rabidosa punctulata - Venter of abdomen very pale brownish yellow (beige) with few-to-many scattered, variably-sized dark spots. Occasionally the venter is all dark brown or black.(2) Most confused with Rabidosa rabida and Rabidosa carrana.


Rabidosa carrana - Most confused with Rabidosa punctulata.


Rabidosa hentzi - Look for the 'dots' around the carapace edge and at the edges of the abdominal stripe which separate this species from the others.
Range
Species and ranges from kaston.transy.edu and Brady 1994.(2)

Rabidosa carrana (Bryant, 1934) peninsular FL, coastal GA & NC

Rabidosa hentzi (Banks, 1904) FL, GA, LA, NC
Images of R. hentzi on BugGuide and iNaturalist indicate a range of AR, AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, TX, VA

Rabidosa punctulata (Hentz, 1844) AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA

Rabidosa rabida (Walckenaer, 1837) AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV; ON

Rabidosa santrita (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942) AZ
Remarks
Works Cited
1.Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual
D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds). 2005. American Arachnological Society.
2.Nearctic Species of the Wolf Spider Genus Rabidosa
Allen R. Brady and Kelly S. McKinley'. 1994. The Journal of Arachnology 22 :138—16.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 29 July, 2005 - 6:04pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz, jsloan, chuuuuung
Last updated 19 October, 2022 - 12:12pm

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