THE ATRATA , CUBANA , FERRUGINEA , MOESTA , MONTICOLA , SALTUARIA , AND SOLITUDA GROUPS OF THE SPIDER GENUS PARDOSA IN NORTH AMERICA (ARANEAE: LYCOSIDAE)
Abstract The North American representatives of seven species groups in the genus Pardosa are reviewed and are found to have the following distribution: (1) the atrata group, represented by the widespread nearctic species P . fuscula (Thorell), which may or may not be conspecific with P . atrata (Tho...
Published in: | The Canadian Entomologist |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1987
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent1191-1 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X0004548X |
Summary: | Abstract The North American representatives of seven species groups in the genus Pardosa are reviewed and are found to have the following distribution: (1) the atrata group, represented by the widespread nearctic species P . fuscula (Thorell), which may or may not be conspecific with P . atrata (Thorell) of the Palaearctic; (2) the cubana group, represented by P . cubana Bryant of the Caribbean area; (3) the ferruginea group, represented by P . beringiana sp.n . from Alaska and Yukon Territory; (4) the moesta group, represented by the widespread nearctic P . moesta Banks; (5) the monticola group, represented by the holarctic P . palustris (Linnaeus); (6) the saltuaria group, represented by the holarctic P . hyperborea (Thorell) and the nearctic P . californica Keyserling; (7) the solituda group, represented by the nearctic P . solituda Levi and Levi, found only in the high Rockies. |
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