Rabidosa punctulata (Hentz, 1844)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 230

Rabidosa punctulata (Hentz, 1844)

Rabidosa punctulata Bradley 2013: 159; Brady and McKinley 1994: 146 [T], mf, desc. (figs 3, 8, 19-22); Henderson 2007: 53, 60-61, 64, 67-68, 77, 80, 84; Jackman 1997: 165; Yantis 2005: 66, 198, 201

Lycosa punctulata Hentz, 1844; Marx 1890: 563

Hogna punctulata (Hentz, 1844); Dondale and Redner 1990: 38 [T], mf, desc. (figs 21-24)

Distribution.

Anderson, Archer, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Clay, Comal, Coryell, Dallas, Grimes, Harris, Jasper, Leon, Madison, San Patricio, Travis, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Browning Ranch, Lick Creek Park, Welder Wildlife Refuge

Caves.

Comal ( Bain’s Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (September - November); female (March - April, September - November)

Habitat.

(grass: grassland); (landscape features: cave); (littoral: near water); (soil/woodland: disturbed habitat, forest, live oak woodland, pine woods [%: 60, 69], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woods [%: 43, 70, 76, 77, 80, 90, 93, 100], post oak woodland, sandy area, upland woods)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [mf]; pitfall trap [mf]

Type.

Pennsylvania

Etymology.

Latin, black spots on venter of abdomen

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, TMM