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Trochosa shenandoa Chamberlin and Ivie 
Figures 5, 17, 18, 22-25, 34, 35, 41-43. Map 3. 
Trochosa (Varacosa) shenandoa Chamberlin and Ivie, 1942: 37, fig. 78. Holotype 
female from Shenandoah National Park, Virginia (W78°':N38°40'), 5 July 1933, 
(W. Ivie) in American Museum of Natural History, examined. Vogel 1967: 109. 
Varacosa shenandoa: Roewer 1954: 307. 
Discussion. This species was described from a single female col¬ 
lected in Shanandoah National Park. The nearest locality to that of 
the holotype where males have been collected is Beaufort, North 
Carolina. There is enough agreement between the holotype female 
(Figs. 22, 23) and those from North Carolina (Figs. 24, 25) to con¬ 
sider them conspecific. Males from North Carolina (Figs. 34, 35) 
when compared with males from Arkansas (Figs. 42, 43) appear 
identical. Arkansas females (Fig. 18) are cetainly more different 
from the holotype (Fig. 23) than the Carolina specimens. It is possi¬ 
ble that specimens described as shenandoa here represent a closely 
related group of species, but because of the similarities in internal 
genitalia (Figs. 17, 22, 24) and likenesses in the aforementioned 
males (compare Figs. 34, 35 with Figs. 42, 43) these specimens are 
regarded as a single species. Male specimens from Shenandoah 
National park should help to clarify the matter. 
Color. Female. Face yellow-brown to orange-brown, lighter yel¬ 
lowish along lower edge of clypeus. Chelicerae orange-brown to 
dark reddish brown. 
Carapace orange-brown to brown with wide pale yellow to 
yellow-orange median stripe; with median stripe enclosing two 
short, dark dashes anteriorly as in Figure 5, and with lighter irregu¬ 
lar submarginal stripes. 
Dorsum of abdomen pale yellow to light brown in ground color 
with dark brown or gray spots as in Figure 5. Cardiac area solid 
brown. Faint pattern of chevrons posteriorly in some specimens. 
Venter cream to pale yellow with a few scattered darker spots. 
Legs yellow to yellow-orange, with ventral surface lighter. 
Labium and endites orange to orange-brown with distal ends 
yellow. Sternum yellow. 
Color. Male. Face yellow-orange to brownish orange, paler yel¬ 
low along lower edge of clypeus. Chelicerae yellow-orange to brow¬ 
nish orange. Cymbium of palpus yellow-orange with dark sclerites 
showing through integument. 
