Mastophora cornigera (Hentz, 1850)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 57

Mastophora cornigera (Hentz, 1850)

Mastophora cornigera Gertsch 1955: 233, mf, desc. (figs 1-5, 37, 41-42); Jackman 1997: 161; Levi 2003: 344, mf, desc. (figs 169-182, 455); Liao et al. 1984: 410; Vogel 1970b: 4

Distribution.

Brazos, Cameron, Duval, Galveston, Hidalgo, Robertson, San Patricio, Travis, Wilson

Locality.

Frontera Audubon, Lick Creek Park, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Welder Wildlife Refuge

Time of activity.

Male (March - April, June - July, October - December); female (January - February, June - July, October, December)

Habitat.

(orchard: grapefruit); (soil/woodland: scrub live oak, Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia )

Method.

Beating [m]; beating/sweeping [m]; fogging [m]; sweeping [m]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Brazos [eggsac collected July 24, 2002, hatched week of August 26, 34 males, 65 immatures]; Cameron [62 males, 64 immatures, emerged June; 63 males, 64 immatures, emerged February; eggsac collected February 10, 1980, hatch March 15, 18 males, 25 immatures]; Hidalgo [59 males, 70 immatures, emerged April] [TAMU]

Type.

Alabama

Etymology.

Latin, horned

Collection.

TAMU