Habronattus coecatus (Hentz, 1846)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 304-305

Habronattus coecatus (Hentz, 1846)

Habronattus coecatus Agnew et al. 1985: 5; Bradley 2013: 188; Breene 1988: 35; Breene et al. 1989: 163; Breene et al. 1993b: 648; Breene et al. 1993c: 22, 48, 67, mf (figs 48A-C); Calixto et al. 2013: 184; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 10, 48 (photo 31-32); Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Dean and Sterling 1990: 405; Dean et al. 1987: 268; Dean et al. 1988: 287; Griswold 1987: 95 [T], mf, desc. (fig. 79); Irungu 2007: 31; Jackman 1997: 130, 167; Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 3; Richman et al. 2011b: 15; Richman et al. 2012a: 15; Richman et al. 2012b: 15; Young and Edwards 1990: 21

Pellenes coecatum Hentz, 1846; Banks 1904: 119

Pellenes coecatus Hentz, 1846; Dean et al. 1982: 256; Hunter 1988: 18, 21; Richman and Cutler 1978: 93

Pellenes coronatus (Hentz, 1846); Bonnet 1958: 3461; Brown 1974: 236; Carpenter 1972: 164; Comstock 1912: 691, desc.; Comstock 1940: 699; Jones 1936: 69; Kagan 1942: 71; Kagan 1943: 258; Peckham and Peckham 1909: 545, mf, desc. (pl. 45, figs 3a-d); Petrunkevitch 1911: 682; Vogel 1970b: 18

Habronattus coronatus (Hentz, 1846); Milstead 1958: 446 [ Kaston 1948: 466, mf, desc. (figs 1710, 1731-1732)]

Distribution.

Eastern 2/3 Texas; Anderson, Archer, Bee, Brazos, Brewster, Burleson, Cameron, Carson, Cass, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Goliad, Grayson, Hidalgo, Houston, Hunt, Jeff Davis, Kerr, Kleberg, Knox, Lubbock, Marion, McLennan, Nacogdoches, Polk, Presidio, Rains, Refugio, Robertson, San Patricio, Taylor, Travis, Victoria, Walker, Wichita, Williamson, Wilson

Locality.

5-Eagle Ranch, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Ellis Prison Unit, Goliad State Park, Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lake Dallas, Lick Creek Park, NK Ranch, Padre Island, Padre Island National Seashore, Riley Estate, Sheppard Air Force Base, Somerville Lake, Stiles Farm Foundation, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Welder Wildlife Refuge

Time of activity.

Male (February - December); female (March - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cabbage, cotton, peanuts, sugarcane); (grass: grass, grassland, pasture, tall grass); (landscape features: on rock); (littoral: brush by creek, edge of pond, near playa, near pond); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [m], stomach of Cnemidophorus perplexus , stomach of Cnemidophorus sacki , stomach of Cnemidophorus tigris ); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, roadside vegetation, Monarda citriodora ); (soil/woodland: edge of woods, forest, sandy area, post oak savanna with pasture, woodland)

Method.

D-Vac suction [mf]; fogging [mf]; pitfall trap [mf] (edge of pond [m], edge of woods [f], in sand [mf], near pond [m], under juniper [f], under oak [f]); suction trap [mf]; sweeping [mf]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Brazos [eggsac laid May 24, 1978, hatch June 12, 37 spiderlings]; Walker [eggsac laid July 28, 1978, hatch August 11, 16 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

Alabama

Etymology.

undetermined

Collection.

MSU, TAMU