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]

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.

References edit

  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.