THE ATRATA, CUBANA, FERRUGINEA, MOESTA, MONTICOLA, SALTUARIA, AND SOLITUDA GROUPS OF THE SPIDER GENUS PARDOSA IN NORTH AMERICA (ARANEAE: LYCOSIDAE)

Abstract

AbstractThe 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. beringianasp.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.