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THE FIRST RECORDS OF DOLOMEDES STRIATUS GIEBEL IN ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN (ARANEIDA: PISAURIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Robin Leech  and
Donald J. Buckle
Robin Leech
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3
Donald J. Buckle
Affiliation:
620 Albert Avenue, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 1G7
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During the summer of 1985, an intensive effort was made to collect the invertebrates, particularly insects and spiders, of the Wagner Natural Area. This is a 162-ha area 6 km west of the city limits of Edmonton, Alta., on the south side of Highway 16X.

An examination of the spiders collected in the pitfall pans revealed two species of pisaurids, Dolomedes striatus Giebel, 1869, and Dolomedes triton (Walckenaer, 1837). This is the first record of Dolomedes striatus for Alberta. The previous known western limit of its distribution was more or less between Lake Nipigon and Thunder Bay, Ont. (Carico 1973).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 119 , Issue 12 , December 1987 , pp. 1143 - 1144
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1987

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