Description:  The carapace is dark reddish or orange-brown to dark and has dark radiating lines. The median and submarginal bands are pale and weakly developed and the eye area is dark. The legs are dark reddish orange and darken toward the tips. The tips of femora III and IV and the bases and tips of tibiae III and IV are black as are the chelicerae. The abdomen is grayish and the heart mark is broad and indistinct. The venter of the abdomen is dull black. Palp: The terminal apophysis is stout and sickle-shaped. The median apophysis is short, thick, lacks a spur, and is raised at the distal end. The cymbium has 10+ macrosetae at the tip and the palea is prominent and rugose (Dondale & Redner, 1990).

Male Dimensions:

A+B = 19 mm  A = 9.99 mm  C = 6.94 mm 

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Details About Females

Description:  The coloration is much the same as the male. Epigynum: lacks a hood and the atrium is reduced to a narrow, deep groove along the sides of the median septum, which is slender, uniformly wide, and ridge-like (Dondale & Redner, 1990).

Female Dimensions:

A+B = 30 mm  A = 12.32 mm  C = 9.89 mm 

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Credit: Oviedo, Jesus

Descriptions Source:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms^†

Taxonomic References^†

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Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1990. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 17. The wolf spiders, nurseryweb spiders, and lynx spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Lycosidae, Pisauridae, and Oxyopidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1856: 1-383.

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