Lycosoidea
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Bosselaers, J. 2002. A cladistic analysis of Zoropsidae (Araneae), with the description of a new genus. Belgian Journal of Zoology 132:141-154.
Coddington, J. A. and H. W. Levi. 1991. Systematics and evolution of spiders (Araneae). Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 22:565-592.
Fang, K., C. C. Yang, B. W. Lue, S. H. Chen, and K. Y. Lue. 2000. Phylogenetic corroboration of superfamily Lycosoidae spiders (Araneae) as inferred from partial mitochondrial 12S and 16S ribosomal DNA sequences. Zoological Studies 39:107-113.
Sierwald, P. 1997. Phylogenetic analysis of pisaurine nursery web spiders, with revisions of Tetragonophthalma and perenethis (Araneae, Lycosoidea, Pisauridae). Journal of Arachnology 25:361-407.
Townsend, V. R. and B. E. Felgenhauer. 2001. Phylogenetic significance of the morphology of the cuticular scales of the lynx spiders (Araneae : Oxyopidae). Journal of Zoology 253:309-332.
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Scientific Name | Lycosa (Hogna) helluo |
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Comments | Wolf spider female with egg sac. |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Sex | Female |
Life Cycle Stage | adult, egg sac |
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Scientific Name | Oxyopes salticus |
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Location | Oklahoma |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Identified By | Thomas Shahan |
Sex | Female |
Source | Female Striped Lynx Spider - (Oxyopes salticus) |
Source Collection | Flickr |
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Copyright | © 2005 OpoTerser |
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