Rabidosa rabida (Walckenaer, 1837)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 231

Rabidosa rabida (Walckenaer, 1837)

Rabidosa rabida Barron et al. 1999: 550; Bradley 2013: 160; Brady and McKinley 1994: 142 [S], mf, desc. (figs 1, 6, 11-14); Breene et al. 1993c: 19, 47, 97, mf (figs 138A-C); Calixto et al. 2013: 183, 187; Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 52; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 29 (photo 28); Dondale and Redner 1990: 41 [T]; Henderson 2007: 58, 77, 80, 84; Irungu 2007: 31; Jackman 1997: 89, desc., 165 (photo 22h); Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 88; Roberts 2001: 49; Yantis 2005: 66, 198, 201

Lycosa rabida Walckenaer, 1837; Agnew et al. 1985: 4, 10; Brown 1974: 234; Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 17; Dean et al. 1982: 254; Dean et al. 1988: 287; Nyffeler et al. 1986: 197; Reddell 1965: 174; Reddell and Finch 1963: 48; Rice 1985: 139; Tugmon et al. 1990: 43; Vogel 1970b: 13; Young and Edwards 1990: 19

Hogna helluo (Walckenaer, 1837); Yantis 2005: 200 [misidentified]

Lycosa scutulata Hentz, 1844; Bishop and Crosby 1926: 209; Chamberlin 1908: 253, mf, desc. (pl. 17, fig. 9, pl. 18, fig. 1); Jones 1936: 69; Marx 1890: 563; Montgomery 1904: 289, desc.

Distribution.

Anderson, Archer, Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson, Cameron, Clay, Coleman, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Coryell (imm.), Crockett, Dallas, Denton, Erath, Falls (imm.), Floyd, Freestone (imm.), Galveston, Grayson, Grimes, Harris, Harrison, Hidalgo, Houston, Jefferson, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kleberg, Leon, Llano, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, Milam, Montague, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Parker, Potter, Reagan, Refugio, Robertson, San Patricio, Tarrant, Taylor, Travis, Trinity, Walker, Waller, Webb, Wharton, Wichita, Williamson, Wilson, Zavala

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Browning Ranch, Camp Bullis, Ellis Prison Unit, Fort Hood, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Horne Ranch, Lick Creek Park, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Caves.

Bell (Keilman Cave [Fort Hood]); Bexar (Backhole, Linda’s First Cave, Obvious Little Cave); Comal ( Bain’s Cave); Williamson (Steam Cave)

Time of activity.

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

Habitat.

(crops: cabbage, cotton, peanuts); (grass: grass, grassland, pasture); (landscape features: cave); (littoral: playa, sedge meadow); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation); (soil/woodland: on ground, hackberry woodland, pine woods [%: 66, 67, 69, 73, 80, 84, 88, 95, 97, 100], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woods [%: 41, 48, 56, 71, 74, 82, 92, 100], post oak woodland, sandy brushland, upland woods); (structures: in [house, laundry room], on floor in lab)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [mf]; boll weevil pheromone trap [f]; D-Vac suction [imm.]; pitfall trap [mf] (in sand [m], under oak [m]); suction trap [imm.]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Hidalgo [146, 367 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

New York

Etymology.

Latin, unfavorable behavior, furious

Collection.

DMNS, JCC, MSU, TAMU, TMM, TTU