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Species Allocosa sublata

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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 sublata (Allocosa sublata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Explanation of Names
Allocosa sublata (Montgomery, 1902)
Size
Male: 4.4-5.7mm
Female: 4.3-7.4mm(1)
Identification
"Carapace dark red brown to black, sometimes iridescent, darker at margins, with few setae. Sternum orange brown. Chelicerae dark red or red brown. Legs dark orange or red brown, sparsely covered with setae; femora and tibiae each with 2 indistinct, dark rings. Abdominal dorsum dull red, densely reticulated with black; venter dull yellow, with few small, black spots."(1)
Range
USA; Texas and Arkansas, east to Florida and North Carolina.(1)
Habitat
"Collections of sublata are from soil and litter samples in moist woods."(1)
Internet References
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.