Specific Wolf Spider ID

[jmccant]

I bought this white wolf spider from someone who got it from a breeder. Any idea on ID?
This was before she was shipped


This is today after she arrived. She did lose two legs during shipping.

 

[Penn]

Looks similar to my girl! Not exactly the same though so I don't think they are the same species. Do you have pictures of her eyes and her underside? My gal is a carolinensis I found hallway up a mountain.

 

[ReignofInvertebrates]

A ventral shot could help rule out some of the Hogna spp. Do you know where it was collected? H. carolinensis has a lot of color variation, especially the populations found in Texas, Arizona, etc, but it does look like some of the known Geolycosa that I’ve seen too.

 

[jmccant]

Here are more pictures

 

[Penn]

Here are more pictures View attachment 355580
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Yeah definitely not a H. carolinensis. Hmm. Do you know what continent it is native to?

 

[jmccant]

No idea. The girl I got her from said she came from a breeder. She's looking for breeder info for me

 

[Penn]

Any news from the breeder?

 

[DaveM]

I think that's Geolycosa xera

 

[DaveM]

There are subspecies: G. xera xera (from northern-mid-central FL), and G. xera archboldi (from southern central FL). If this species came from Florida, then I think that's what it is.