Rabidosa punctulata

Species of spider

Rabidosa punctulata
Female Rabidosa punctulata collected at 36°N 80°W / 36°N 80°W / 36; -80.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Rabidosa
Species:
R. punctulata
Binomial name
Rabidosa punctulata
Hentz, 1844
19 millimeter Female photographed at 36°N 80°W / 36°N 80°W / 36; -80.

Rabidosa punctulata, the dotted wolf spider, is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in areas of weeds and tall grasses. It is a light-brown and large wolf spider with stripes on the cephalothorax and an abdomen with light spots and a dark middle stripe. Its range spreads from Massachusetts west to Kansas south to Texas and Northern Florida.[1]

References

  1. ^ Bradley, Richard Alan (2013). Common Spiders of North America. Illustrations by Steve Buchanan. University of California Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-520-27488-4.
Taxon identifiers
Rabidosa punctulata
  • Wikidata: Q2876057
  • BOLD: 154371
  • BugGuide: 40156
  • CoL: 4R82W
  • EoL: 1198195
  • GBIF: 2147078
  • iNaturalist: 147241
  • IRMNG: 11166125
  • ITIS: 866078
  • NatureServe: 2.115331
  • NCBI: 332813
  • Open Tree of Life: 1028698
  • WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019169