Steatoda alamosa Gertsch, 1960

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 387

Steatoda alamosa Gertsch, 1960

Steatoda alamosa Gertsch 1960b: 41 [S, part], mf, desc. (figs 53, 59-60, 68-69); Levi and Randolph 1975: 41; Vogel 1967: 136; Vogel 1970b: 24

Lithyphantes pulcher Keyserling, 1884; Milstead 1958: 445

Steatoda pulcher (Keyserling, 1884); Jackman 1997: 169; Levi 1957b: 393 [T], m, desc. (fig. 40) [male misidentified]

Steatoda pulchra (Keyserling, 1884); Vogel 1970b: 24

Distribution.

Archer, Brewster, Brown, Concho, Culberson, Hunt, Jeff Davis, Kendall, Kerr, McCulloch, Presidio, Terrell

Locality.

Big Bend National Park, Chisos Basin, Chisos Mountains, Davis Mountains, La Mota Mountains, Mount Locke Observatory, Raven Ranch

Time of activity.

Male (March, May); female (March, May, July - September, December)

Habitat.

(grass: grass); (landscape features: under rock); (nest/prey: stomach of Cnemidophorus perplexus , stomach of Cnemidophorus tigris )

Type.

Texas (male, Brewster Co., Chisos Mountains, Chisos Basin, May 28, 1952, W. J. Gertsch, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

Spanish, cottonwood

Collection.

MSU