Colonus sylvanus (Hentz, 1846)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 300

Colonus sylvanus (Hentz, 1846)

Colonus sylvanus Bustamante et al. 2015: 187 [T]

Thiodina sylvana (Hentz, 1846); Agnew et al. 1985: 8, 11; Bradley 2013: 205; Breene et al. 1993c: 24, 48, 64, mf (figs 41A-C); Calixto et al. 2013: 184; Dean and Eger 1986: 143; Dean et al. 1982: 256; Hill 2012: 2 (mf, color pictures); Hunter 1988: 18-21; Jackman 1997: 137, desc., 168 (photo 41q); Jackman et al. 2007: 199; Peckham and Peckham 1909: 449; Petrunkevitch 1911: 712; Richman and Vetter 2004: 421, mf, desc. (figs 2-3, 5-6, 9, 12); Richman et al. 2011b: 76 [S]; Richman et al. 2012a: 76; Richman et al. 2012b: 76; Wolff 1985: 22; Young and Edwards 1990: 23

Thiodina iniquies (Walckenaer, 1837); Kaston 1978: 255; Woods and Harrel 1976: 44 [Texas record]

Plexippus puerperus Hentz, 1846; Marx 1890: 570; Peckham and Peckham 1888: 33

Thiodina silvana (Hentz, 1846); Vogel 1970b: 20

Colonus puerperus Peckham and Peckham, 1885; F. O. P.- Cambridge 1901: 246 [misidentified]

Distribution.

Angelina, Aransas, Archer, Bexar, Bosque, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Caldwell, Cameron, Comal, Coryell, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Fort Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Gonzales, Grayson, Hardin, Hidalgo, Howard, Hunt, Jasper, Jefferson, Kenedy, Leon, Liberty, McLennan, Nacogdoches, Robertson, Sabine, San Patricio, Scurry, Tarrant, Travis, Tyler, Upshur, Walker, Washington, Wichita [Fairfax, West Co., not in Texas]

Locality.

5-Eagle Ranch, Adriance Pecan Orchard, Anzalduas County Park, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Ellis Prison Unit, Estero Llano Grande State Park, Frontera Audubon, Goose Island State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Kenedy Ranch, Kirby State Forest, Lacuna Park, Laguna Madre, Lake Tawakoni State Park, Lake Thomas, Landa Park Estates, Lick Creek Park, Lockhart State Park, McKelvey Park, Palmetto State Park, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge

Time of activity.

Male (March - November); female (March - November)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, rice); (grass: grassland); (landscape features: under rock); (littoral: sand dune under live oak, sedge meadow); (nest/prey: nest of Neotoma micropus ); (orchard: grapefruit, orange, pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, honey suckle, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, vegetation, weed, Baccharis ); (soil/woodland: beech-magnolia forest, forest, live oak area, palm forest, pine forest, post oak savanna, post oak savanna with pasture, saltcedar, trees, trees/shrubs, woods, Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia ); (structures: around house); (web: large spider web)

Method.

Beating [mf]; beating/sweeping [mf]; cardboard band [mf]; flight intercept trap [mf]; fogging [f]; Lindgren funnel trap [f]; malaise trap [mf]; pitfall trap [m]; sweeping [mf]; yellow pan trap [f]

Type.

South Carolina

Etymology.

Latin, trees (normal habitat)

Collection.

MCZ, MSU, NMSU, TAMU