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Arctic wolf spider

Pardosa glacialis (Thorell, 1872)

Status not recordedspiders

The Arctic wolf spider (Pardosa glacialis) is a species in the family Lycosidae, order Araneae. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Greenland.

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Quick facts about the Arctic wolf spider

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the Arctic wolf spider live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The Arctic wolf spider is listed for 1 country.

Greenland
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Greenland

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the Arctic wolf spider endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the Arctic wolf spider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyLycosidae
  6. genusPardosa
  7. SpeciesPardosa glacialis (Thorell, 1872)

Synonyms Pardosa aquilonaris, Pardosa umanaki

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • slíďák ledovcovýCzech

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the Arctic wolf spider

Other species in the same genus Pardosa.

Wolf spider

Pardosa nigriceps

LycosidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the Arctic wolf spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the Arctic wolf spider for 1 country: Greenland. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the Arctic wolf spider?

The Arctic wolf spider (Pardosa glacialis) belongs to the family Lycosidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{arctic_wolf_spider_2026,
  title = {Arctic wolf spider (Pardosa glacialis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/arctic-wolf-spider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}