Schizocosa mccooki

Schizocosa mccooki is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in North America including Canada, the United States, and Mexico.[1][2][3][4]

Schizocosa mccooki
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Schizocosa
Species:
S. mccooki
Binomial name
Schizocosa mccooki
(Montgomery, 1904)

Distribution and habitat

S. mccooki's range throughout the United States complements that of S. avida, extending from southern California to northern Washington, and can be found as far east as western Lake Erie.[3][5][6] S. mccooki are widespread in open habitats such as grasslands, chaparral, the desert, and pinyon pine forests, among others.[6][5] Some populations of this species have been observed digging burrows.[7][5]

References
  1. "Schizocosa mccooki Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Schizocosa mccooki". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. "Schizocosa mccooki". NMBE World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  4. Bradley, Richard Alan (2019). Common spiders of North America. Steve Buchanan, American Arachnological Society. Berkeley. ISBN 978-0-520-31531-0. OCLC 1088525865.
  5. Adams, R. J. (2014). Field guide to the spiders of California and the Pacific Coast states. Tim Manolis. Berkeley. ISBN 978-0-520-95704-6. OCLC 868975350.
  6. Suttle, K. Blake (2003-12-01). "Burrow Use in a Northern California Population of the Wolf Spider Schizocosa Mccooki (Araneae, Lycosidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 31 (3): 433–436. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2003)031[0433:BUIANC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0161-8202. S2CID 21093169.


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