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Species Trochosa ruricola

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wolf spider - Trochosa ruricola - female female rustic wood spider - Trochosa ruricola - female Lycosidae - Trochosa ruricola Unidentified Spider - Trochosa ruricola Spider - Trochosa ruricola wolf spider - Trochosa ruricola - male Garage Spider - Trochosa ruricola Trochosa sp - Trochosa ruricola - female

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
Species ruricola (Trochosa ruricola)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Trochosa ruricola (De Geer 1778)
Aranea lupus ruricola De Geer 1778

Identification

See Prentice (2001). (1)

Range

Introduced Eurasian species first discovered in the US (Massachusetts) sometime prior to 1993 (Edwards 1993) and in Canada (Quebec) (Lalonge ́ et al. 1997) in 1994.(2)(1)

See Also

Trochosa terricola (1)

Print References

De Geer, C. (1778). Des araignées. In: Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes. Tome septième. Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm, 176-324, pl. 11-19, 38-39.
Edwards, 1993:79–82. (2)
Lalonge ́, S., J.H. Redner, & D. Coderre. 1997. First Canadian records of Trochosa ruricola (De Geer), Ostearius melanopygius (O. Pickard- Cambridge), and Dictyna decaprini Kaston (Araneae: Lycosidae, Linyphiidae, Dictynidae, re- spectively). Canadian Entomologist 129: 371– 372.
Prentice, 2001:427–430. (1)

Works Cited

1.Distinguishing the females of Trochosa terricola and Trochosa ruricola (Araneae, Lycosidae)...
Prentice, T.R. 2001. Journal of Arachnology, 29:427–430.
2.New records of spiders (Araneae) from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, including two possible European immigrants
Edwards, R.L. 1993. Entomological News.
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 21 March, 2007 - 11:27pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Lynette Elliott, ceiseman, jsloan
Last updated 8 February, 2021 - 5:13am

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