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

Genus Trochosa

spider - Trochosa urbana - female Lycosidae, Pardosa ? - Trochosa terricola - male Trochosa sp.? - Trochosa Trochosa sepulchralis - female Wolf Spiders Genus Trochosa - Trochosa wolf spider - Trochosa - male Lycosidae --? - Trochosa sepulchralis Wolf Spider sp. - Trochosa terricola
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 Trochosa
Numbers
4 species in North America.
Identification
In T. ruricola and T. terricola, at least, there are two small dark, parallel, longitudinal stripes on anterior portion of carapace (often between the PLE's and fovea).


For some detailed info on Tigrosa and Trochosa ID see the discussion here:
Range

abdita - USA (mainly found in FL, but can be found as far north as NC).
ruricola - Holarctic
sepulchralis - USA (TX, southern OK, LA, AR, MO, MS, AL, northwestern FL, TN, NC. - a few found near the northeast coast, see map on PDF article below).
terricola - Holarctic
Habitat
Commonly found in yards. Often wanders indoors.
Internet References
~ www.americanarachnology.org - PDF article "Trochosa sepulchralis, a senior synonym of Trochosa acompa, and the restoration of Trochosa abdita", includes information and drawings of sepulchralis and abdita.