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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Thin-legged Wolf Spiders (Pardosa) » Pardosa dorsuncata
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Adult male - Pardosa dorsuncata - male
Copyright © 2013 Kyron Basu

Adult male - Pardosa dorsuncata - Male
Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
July 9, 2013
Size: ~6.5mm body length
Found in the woodpile. He picked up an Enoplognatha juvenile while I was photographing him. Eating didn't slow him down any though - he was still hard to keep up with!

Looks like there are some mites latched on to his palps. Phoretic maybe?

After looking through Dondale & Redner 1990, I think he's a Pardosa dorsuncata based on the gradually tapering embolus and shape of the median apophysis. I'll confirm with Rod.

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Contributed by Kyron Basu on 11 July, 2013 - 10:30pm
Last updated 12 July, 2013 - 1:49am

Adult male - Pardosa dorsuncata
Nice shots. If he eats E. ovata then he will never go hungry assuming you have as many there as we have here.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 July, 2013 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

 
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We sure have lots, it's pretty crazy. Usually they seem to be the ones eating other spiders too...
… Kyron Basu, 14 July, 2013 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

ID confirmed by Rod Crawford
RC agrees the mites appear to be phoretic.

Moved from Spiders.
… Kyron Basu, 12 July, 2013 - 1:49am login or register to post comments

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