REVISION OF THE WOLF SPIDER GENUS ALOPECOSA SIMON IN NORTH AMERICA (ARANEAE: LYCOSIDAE)

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Authors: Dondale, C. D., Redner, J. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1979
• Subjects: Attu; Newfoundland; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent1111033-9; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00014553

Abstract The genus Alopecosa Simon is revised for North America. A general description for the group is given, and a key to species is presented. Seven species are represented in North America: A . aculeata (Clerck, 1757) from Alaska to Newfoundland and southward to Arizona; A . kochi (Keyserling, 1877) (= Tarentula gertschi Schenkel, 1951 syn. n., = Lycosa jollensis Schenkel, 1951 syn. n.) from southern B.C., southern Ontario, and western and northern U.S.A.; A . pulverulenta (Clerck, 1757) (= Tarentula aquilonaris Fox, 1940 syn. n.), recorded from the Nearctic on the basis of a female from Attu Island, Alaska; A . exasperans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) from the Canadian Arctic islands; A . mutabilis (Kulczynski, 1908) from northern Alaska; A . pictilis (Emerton, 1885) from Alaska to Labrador and New Hampshire; and A . hirtipes (Kulczynski, 1907) (= Tarentula hirta Kulczynski, 1908, syn. n., = Lycosa asivak Emerton, 1919, syn. n., = Tarentula hamiltoni Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947, syn. n.) from Alaska to northern Quebec.