Metepeira comanche Levi, 1977

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 59

Metepeira comanche Levi, 1977

Metepeira comanche Jackman 1997: 161; Knutson et al. 2010: 515; Levi 1977b: 204, mf, desc. (figs 61-69); Piel 2001: 62, mf, desc. (figs 185-191)

Metepeira n. sp.; Rogers and Horner 1977: 523

Distribution.

Widespread; Andrews, Archer, Bastrop, Baylor, Borden, Brewster, Collin, Crane, Gaines, Garza, Haskell, Howard, Jim Wells, Jones, Kent, Kimble, Kinney, Motley, Nacogdoches, Reagan, Taylor, Upton, Val Verde, Ward, Webb, Wichita

Locality.

Seminole Canyon State Park

Time of activity.

Male (February, April - July); female (February, May - July, September - November)

Habitat.

(crops: guar); (grass: grass); (plants: miscellaneous vegetation); (soil/woodland: juniper, saltcedar, tree, trees/shrubs); (web: in web)

Method.

Beating [mf]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

Texas (male, Haskell Co., 9.7 km W O’Brien, February 3, 1971, C. E. Rogers, holotype, MCZ)

Etymology.

Indian tribe (The name is a noun in apposition after the Indian tribe of the Texas plains, Levi 1977b).

Collection.

DMNS, MCZ, MSU, NMSU, TAMU

Note.

Levi 1977 lists Wells Co. but it is Jim Wells Co.