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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaChelicerataArachnidaAraneaeLycosidaePiratula

Lonely Wolf Spider
Piratula insularis (Emerton, 1885)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Chelicerata
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Family Lycosidae
Genus Piratula
Species Piratula insularis (Emerton, 1885)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Georgia.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Georgia

Counties

Georgia
Grady

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

Canada
N5 Secure
United States
NNR

Subnational ranks

Nova Scotia
SU Unrankable
Yukon
SU Unrankable
Newfoundland and Labrador
S4 Apparently Secure
Ontario
S5 Secure
British Columbia
S4 Apparently Secure
Manitoba
S4 Apparently Secure
Quebec
SNR Unranked
Northwest Territories
SU Unrankable
New Brunswick
SU Unrankable
Alberta
S4 Apparently Secure
Saskatchewan
S4 Apparently Secure
West Virginia
S1 Critically Imperiled
Indiana
SNR Unranked
Rhode Island
SNR Unranked
Wyoming
SNR Unranked
Idaho
SNR Unranked
Montana
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Reeves, W.K., Jensen, J.B. & Ozier, J.C. 2000. New faunal and fungal records from caves in Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 62: 169–179. https://caves.org/wp-content/uploads/Publications/JCKS/v62/v62n3-Reeves.pdf.
  • Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125

How to cite this account

Piratula insularis (Emerton, 1885). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1913. https://cavebiology.org/species/piratula-insularis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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