Dictyna bellans Chamberlin, 1919

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 113-114

Dictyna bellans Chamberlin, 1919

Dictyna bellans Agnew et al. 1985: 3; Breene et al. 1993b: 647; Breene et al. 1994: 8; Chamberlin and Gertsch 1958: 62, mf, desc. (pl. 16, figs 4-7); Jackman 1997: 163; Knutson et al. 2010: 515; Pfannenstiel 2008a: 204; Young and Edwards 1990: 16

Dictyna longispina Emerton, 1888; Gertsch and Mulaik 1940: 329; Jones 1936: 69; Kagan 1942: 11; Kagan 1943: 258; Vogel 1970b: 7; Young and Edwards 1990: 16 [misidentified, Texas records]

Distribution.

Eastern 2/3 Texas; Archer, Baylor, Brazos, Cameron, Clay, Coleman, Comal, Comanche, Dallas, Erath, Fannin, Hidalgo, Howard, Hunt, Leon, Llano, McLennan, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Runnels, San Saba, Scurry, Travis, Val Verde, Wichita, Willacy

Locality.

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Lake Thomas

Caves.

San Saba (Copperhead Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (February, April - December); female (April - May, July - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts, sugarcane); (grass: grass); (landscape features: cave); (plants: miscellaneous vegetation, Baccharis ); (soil/woodland: juniper, saltcedar, trees/shrubs, woods, Hibiscus sp., Ulmus crassifolia )

Method.

Beating [m]; D-Vac suction [mf]; pitfall trap [f]; sweeping [m]

Type.

Mississippi, Canton

Etymology.

Latin, behavior, film

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, TMM