Gnaphosa sericata (L. Koch, 1866)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 145

Gnaphosa sericata (L. Koch, 1866)

Gnaphosa sericata Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Bowen et al. 2004: 189; Breene et al. 1993c: 16, 47, 88, mf (figs 109A-B); Brown 1974: 234; Calixto et al. 2013: 182; Chamberlin 1922: 157; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Henderson 2007: 63-64, 76, 79, 83; Irungu 2007: 30; Jackman 1997: 163; Kaston 1953: 75, desc. (fig. 182); Platnick and Shadab 1975a: 61, mf, desc. (figs 143-149); Ramirez 2014: 363; Roberts 2001: 50; Trevino 2014: 12; Vogel 1970b: 10; Yantis 2005: 197; Young and Edwards 1990: 17; Zolnerowich and Horner 1985: 82

Distribution.

Widespread; Bastrop, Brazos, Brewster, Brown, Burleson, Coleman, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Coryell, Cottle, Denton, Erath, Frio, Garza, Hidalgo, Houston, Jeff Davis, Kenedy, Kerr, La Salle, Nacogdoches, Nolan, Potter, San Patricio, Somervell, Tom Green, Travis, Walker, Webb, Wichita, Wilbarger, Zapata

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Chaparral Wildlife Management Area, Ellis Prison Unit, Falcon Reservoir, Horne Ranch, Kenedy Ranch, Lick Creek Park, Matador Wildlife Management Area, Raven Ranch, Somerville Lake, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (March - October); female (March - October)

Habitat.

(crops: cabbage, cotton, peanuts); (grass: grass); (landscape features: under rock); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: acacia area, disturbed habitat, pine woods [%: 79], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woodland, sandy brushland, sandy open prairie, sandy area, under [cow manure, oak], upland woods); (structures: in house, on ground near house)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [f]; pitfall trap [mf] (in sand [m], under oak [f]); swine feces pitfall trap [m]

Type.

Maryland, Baltimore

Etymology.

Greek, silk

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, WTAM