Schizocosa
(Lanceolate Wolf Spiders)

Schizocosa, commonly known as Lanceolate Wolf Spiders, is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. Schizocosa spiders have been sighted 76 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Schizocosa includes 3 countries and 26 states in the United States. Schizocosa is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Schizocosa

Other Common Names

Lanceolate Wolf Spiders

Author

Ralph Vary Chamberlin, 1904

Sightings Overview

There have been 76 confirmed sightings of Schizocosa (Lanceolate Wolf Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on August 13, 2019 by Spider ID member mgbutler. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 76 sightings because of certain Schizocosa sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 7% of the time, Schizocosa spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 76)
Sex: 5 female and 19 male.
Environment: Schizocosa has been sighted 36 times outdoors, and 46 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (11). Low foliage (4). High foliage (1). Ground layer (16). Under rock or debris (2). Open field, pasture, grassland (1). Desert area (1).

Location and Range

Schizocosa (Lanceolate Wolf Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, Georgia, United States.

Schizocosa has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.