''Dolomedes gertschi'' is a species of
nursery web spider
Nursery web spiders (Pisauridae) is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890. They resemble wolf spiders (Lycosidae) except for several key differences. Wolf spiders have two very prominent eyes in addition to the o ...
in the family
Pisauridae
Nursery web spiders (Pisauridae) is a family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890. They resemble wolf spiders (Lycosidae) except for several key differences. Wolf spiders have two very prominent eyes in ad ...
.
United States
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.
Taxonomy
''Dolomedes gertschi'' is closely related to the Dolomedes scriptus
''Dolomedes scriptus'' is a fishing spider found in the United States and Canada, known as the striped fishing spider.Weber, Larry. (2003) Spiders of the North Woods. Duluth, MN:Kollath+Stensaas, 106-107. Female spiders can grow to be over 6&nbs ...
. This is bases on similarities of both their colour patterns and the tibial apophyses of the males. The species differ from each other by their palpi
Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the second pair of appendages of Chelicerata, chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicerae ...
Range
In the first description of the species in 1973, it was only said to exist in the mesic parts
of the Gila River drainage in Arizona
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and New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
.GBIF
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suggests that this still is the case.[
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References
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Spiders described in 1973
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