Taiga Thin-legged Wolf Spider (Panboreal Thin-legg

Pardosa hyperborea

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Taiga Thin-legged Wolf Spider (Panboreal Thin-legg
Scientific Name: 
Pardosa hyperborea
Naming References: 
B163
R197
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Arachnid (Spider)
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Arachnida
Order: 
Araneae
Family: 
Lycosidae
Habitat
Specimens collected in sphagnum bogs, loy-lying spruce forests, and rocky hillsides. Many also found among lichens in the arctic and alpine tundra and on needls mats in forests of jack pine, black spruce, and balsam fir.
References: 
B163
Distribution

Ecozones

Taiga Plains, Taiga Shield
References: 
B163
HSS004

Distribution

Score: 
G
References: 
HSS001

Number of Occurrences

1 in Wrigley and 1 on west shore of Great Slave Lake (B163) ; unknown number of occurences in Norman Wells and Yellowknife (HSS004)
Score: 
AD
References: 
B163
HSS001
HSS004

Area of Occupancy

Score: 
-
Threats

Threats

Score: 
C
References: 
HSS001

Intrinsic Vulnerability

Score: 
-
References: 
HSS001
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
Canada GS Ranks at 4 (R197); low arctic to boreal. Same as groenlandica. (R197); Secure. Regional experts (Env Canada workshop 2010) consider this species to be common in NT (HSS001).
S Rank: 
S3S5
Decision Process Description: 
Spiders 2010 decision process with experts S Cannings, M Anions, P Paquin, D Buckle, R Bennett; rank modified in 2014 by Robb Bennett using the NatureServe Canada Rank Calculator with the status rank changing from undetermined to secure.
Last Updated: 
September 3, 2014

References

Ecozones

  • Dondale, C.D., J.H. Redner, P. Paquin, and H.W. Levi (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. NRS Research Press ENR Library QL 434.52.A1I5 pt17 - B163 Return
  • Loboda et al. (2013) Unpublished data Spiders_NBP(2) received 5/16/2014. e copy - HSS004 Return

Habitat

  • Dondale, C.D., J.H. Redner, P. Paquin, and H.W. Levi (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. NRS Research Press ENR Library QL 434.52.A1I5 pt17 - B163 Return

Intrinsic Vulnerability

  • Bennett R. in Hebert, R. (2014) A set of 2 e-mails GS Spiders with ranks poposed by Robb Bennett (09/05/2014). e copy - HSS001 Return

Naming

  • Dondale, C.D., J.H. Redner, P. Paquin, and H.W. Levi (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. NRS Research Press ENR Library QL 434.52.A1I5 pt17 - B163 Return
  • Bennett, Robb (2010) DRAFT LIST OF SPIDERS IN CANADA Phylum Chelicerata; Class Arachnida; Order Araneae. - R197 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Dondale, C.D., J.H. Redner, P. Paquin, and H.W. Levi (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. NRS Research Press ENR Library QL 434.52.A1I5 pt17 - B163 Return
  • Bennett R. in Hebert, R. (2014) A set of 2 e-mails GS Spiders with ranks poposed by Robb Bennett (09/05/2014). e copy - HSS001 Return
  • Loboda et al. (2013) Unpublished data Spiders_NBP(2) received 5/16/2014. e copy - HSS004 Return

Range Extent

  • Bennett R. in Hebert, R. (2014) A set of 2 e-mails GS Spiders with ranks poposed by Robb Bennett (09/05/2014). e copy - HSS001 Return

Threats

  • Bennett R. in Hebert, R. (2014) A set of 2 e-mails GS Spiders with ranks poposed by Robb Bennett (09/05/2014). e copy - HSS001 Return