Trachelas volutus Gertsch, 1935

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 424-425

Trachelas volutus Gertsch, 1935

Trachelas volutus Breene et al. 1993a: 169; Breene et al. 1993c: 14, 47, 85, mf (figs 97A-B); Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 17; Chamberlin and Ivie 1935b: 41; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Gertsch 1935b: 13, mf, desc. (figs 27-28); Jackman 1997: 162; Liao et al. 1984: 410; Pfannenstiel 2008a: 204; Platnick and Shadab 1974a: 10, mf, desc. (figs 14-17, 45); Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 77; Roewer 1955: 589; Vincent and Frankie 1985: 380; Vogel 1970b: 6; Young and Edwards 1990: 16

Distribution.

Eastern 2/3 Texas; Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Brazos, Brooks, Brown, Burleson, Caldwell, Cameron, Comanche, Dallas, Harris, Hidalgo, Kerr, Kleberg, La Salle, Llano, Lubbock, Medina, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Travis, Wichita

Locality.

Adriance Pecan Orchard, Bastrop State Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Lick Creek Park, Raven Ranch, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Vinson Pecan Farm

Caves.

Bexar (Surprise Sink)

Time of activity.

Male (January, March - July, October - November); female (January - August, September 25-October 2, October - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton); (grass: grass); (landscape features: cave); (orchard: citrus, pecan); (soil/woodland: live oak, old field, sandy area, tree bark, under bark, Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia )

Method.

Beating [f]; cardboard band [m]; irrigation tubing [f]; pitfall trap [mf]; sweeping [f]

Type.

Texas (male, Hidalgo Co., Edinburg, January 15, 1934, S. Mulaik, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

Latin, spiral

Collection.

DMNS, JCC, MCZ, MSU, TAMU, TMM, TTU