Pardosa monticola
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| Pardosa monticola | |
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| Pardosa monticola | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Pardosa |
| Species: | P. monticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Pardosa monticola (Clerck, 1757) | |
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Pardosa monticola, or pin-stripe wolf spider,[3] is a species of wolf spider found mainly in Europe. It is found in both dry and humid habitats, and up to an altitude of 2000m.[4]
Females are 5 mm to 7 mm in length, males 4 mm to 6 mm. The female has a dark brown abdomen with white spots along the flank and an obvious light brown cardiac mark, the carapace is dark brown with a white median band with two narrow white stripes on either side. The legs and palps are brown with darker spots and the legs have dark spines. The males are almost identical to the females but are darker and lack the darker spots on the legs but do have dark femora and coxae. P. monticola is similar to Pardosa agrestis and Pardosa palustris.[5]
