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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Rabidosa punctulata - Dotted Wolf Spider


Life History of the Dotted Wolf Spider, Lycosa punctulata Hentz (Araneida: Lycosidae)
By Eason, R. R. & Whitcomb, W. H.
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 19: 11-20, 1965

Nearctic Species of the Wolf Spider Genus Rabidosa
By Allen R. Brady and Kelly S. McKinley'
The Journal of Arachnology 22 :138—16, 1994

A new species of Schizocosa from the southeastern USA
By Stratton, G. E.
Journal of Arachnology 25: 84-92, 1997
https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/8490

Additions to the list of Schizocosa (family Lycosidae) for Arkansas
By Parker, R. & Dorris, P. R.
Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 49: 127-129, 1995
https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/8010

A new species of wolf spider, Schizocosa stridulans
By Stratton, G. E.
Journal of Arachnology 19: 29-39, 1991
https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/7151

Phylogeny and secondary sexual trait evolution in Schizocosa wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) shows evidence for multiple gains
By James Starrett, Rowan H. McGinley, Eileen A. Hebets, Jason E. Bond
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 169(107397): 1-20, 2022
Phylogeny and secondary sexual trait evolution in Schizocosa wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) shows evidence for multiple gains and losses of ornamentation and species delimitation uncertainty.

https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/16288
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790322000100

Exotisch-araneologisches. I. Amerikanische, hauptsächlich in Peru, Bolivien und Josemitetal in Californien gesammelte Spinnen.
By Strand, E.
Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 61: 223-295., 1908
https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/1476

Spiders of the genus Pirata in North America, Central America and the West Indies (Araneae: Lycosidae)
By Wallace, H. K. & Exline, H.
Journal of Arachnology 5: 1-112, 1978
https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/5083