Species Arctosa perita

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Works Cited

Orange and black spider - Arctosa perita

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 Arctosa

Species perita (Arctosa perita)

Explanation of Names

(Latreille, 1799)

Range

Southwestern British Columbia (introduced to North America in recent decades); also Europe, Asia, North Africa.(1)(2)

May also be established on islands in northwestern Washington; see Rod Crawford's image of a male: http://crawford.tardigrade.net/journal/album8224.html

Works Cited

1.	The Wolf Spiders, Nurseryweb Spiders, and Lynx Spiders of Canada and Alaska Dondale, Charles D. and James H. Redner. 1990. Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Ottawa.

2.	Revision of the wolf spiders of the genus Arctosa C. D. Dondale and J. H. Redner. 1983. J. Arachnol., 11:1-30.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 22 February, 2011 - 10:00pm
Additional contributions by Mandy Howe
Last updated 28 February, 2014 - 11:09pm

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