Lake Placid funnel wolf spider

Lake Placid funnel wolf spider
Sosippus placidus in Venus, Florida
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lycosidae
Genus:	Sosippus
Species:	S. placidus
Binomial name
Sosippus placidus Brady, 1972
Synonyms [3]
Sosippus mimus (misidentified)

The Lake Placid funnel wolf spider (Sosippus placidus) is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. ^{[3] [4]}

It is endemic to Florida scrub habitats in Highlands County, Florida, United States. ^{[5] [6]} Their limited distribution appears to be similar to that of several other notable Florida scrub arthropods.

Conservation

The species is threatened by its restricted habitat requirements, further enhanced by its status as a gap specialist, requiring open-canopy sandy exposures which can become vanishingly rare as a result of fire-suppression and land mismanagement. It also seems to have limited dispersal abilities, so extirpations are unlikely to be reversed without human-assisted reintroductions. ^{[1] [2] [7] [8]}

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Sosippus placidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T20421A9196826. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20421A9196826.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. "Sosippus placidus". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
3. "Sosippus placidus". World Spider Catalog, Version 26. Natural History Museum, Bern. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
4. "Sosippus placidus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
5. "Sosippus placidus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
6. "Sosippus placidus". GBIF. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
7. Deyrup, Mark (1989). "Arthropods Endemic to Florida Scrub". Florida Scientist. 52 (4): 254-270. JSTOR   24320532.
8. "Lake Placid Funnel Wolf Spider Facts - Photos - Earth's Endangered Creatures".

External links

• Media related to Sosippus placidus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Lake Placid funnel wolf spider at Wikispecies