Trochosa sepulchralis (Montgomery, 1902)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 236-237

Trochosa sepulchralis (Montgomery, 1902)

Trochosa sepulchralis Dreyer and Brady 2008: 66 [S, T], mf, desc. (figs 2-3, 6-15)

Geolycosa sepulchralis (Montgomery, 1902); Jackman 1997: 165

Trochosa sepulchralis (Montgomery, 1902); Montgomery 1904: 307

Lycosa modesta (Keyserling, 1876); Chamberlin 1908: 268, mf [misidentified]; Comstock 1912: 639, desc.; Jones 1936: 69; Petrunkevitch 1911: 563

Alopecosa sepulchralis (Montgomery, 1902); Montgomery 1904: 307; Vogel 1970b: 12

Lycosa acompa Chamberlin, 1924; Agnew et al. 1985: 7; Gertsch and Wallace 1935: 11, m, desc. (fig. 31); Vogel 1970b: 13; Wallace 1947: 36

Varacosa acompa (Chamberlin, 1924); Breene et al. 1993c: 19, 47, 98, m (fig. 139A); Jackman 1997: 165 (photo 22); Roewer 1955: 306

Trochosa acompa (Chamberlin, 1924); Henderson 2007: 28, 40, 53-59, 78, 80, 84; Yantis 2005: 66, 198, 202

Distribution.

Archer, Austin, Brazos, Brown, Cameron, Clay, Colorado, Coryell, Dallas, Erath, Fort Bend, Grayson, Harrison, Hidalgo, Houston, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Kerr, Kimble, Leon, Madison, McLennan, Panola, Polk, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Taylor, Terrell, Tom Green, Travis, Trinity, Val Verde, Walker

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Caddo Lake State Park, Camp Tonkawa, Davis Mountains Resort, Ellis Prison Unit, Lick Creek Park, Raven Ranch, Welder Wildlife Refuge

Time of activity.

Male (February - June, August - October, December); female (February - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton); (grass: grass); (littoral: near pond); (soil/woodland: disturbed habitat, hackberry woodland, leaf litter, on field border, pine woods [%: 66, 77, 82, 85, 97], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woods [%: 44, 56, 96], post oak woodland, sandy area, sandy brushland, under [juniper, oak], upland woods); (structures: indoors, in house, porch)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [mf]; carrion baited pitfall trap [m]; pitfall trap [mf] (in leaves [m], in sand [m], near pond [m], under juniper [mf], under oak [mf])

Type.

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Etymology.

Latin, burial vault, collected Woodland Cemetery

Collection.

MSU, TAMU

Note.

Breene et al. 1993c (fig. 139B) is Trochosa (= Lycosa ) abdita ( Gertsch 1934d: 3 (fig. 6) from Florida.