Gnaphosa fontinalis Keyserling, 1887

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 144

Gnaphosa fontinalis Keyserling, 1887

Gnaphosa fontinalis Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Bowen et al. 2004: 189; Bradley 2013: 127; Broussard and Horner 2006: 254; Chamberlin 1922: 157; Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 45; Jackman 1997: 163; Platnick and Dondale 1992: 163, mf, desc. (figs 244-247); Platnick and Shadab 1975a: 54 [S], mf, desc. (figs 127-134, 150); Richman et al. 2011a: 48; Roberts 2001: 50; Vogel 1970b: 10; Yantis 2005: 66, 197; Young and Edwards 1990: 17; Zolnerowich and Horner 1985: 82

Gnaphosa texana Chamberlin, 1922; Bonnet 1957: 2022; Chamberlin 1922: 157, m, desc.; Roewer 1955: 371; Vogel 1970b: 10

Distribution.

Anderson, Angelina, Bell, Brown, Coryell, Dallas, Erath, Hays, Houston, Kerr, Leon, Llano, Montague, Potter, Presidio, Sabine, Smith, Travis, Wichita

Locality.

Angelina National Forest, Chihuahuan desert, Dalquest Research Site, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Raven Ranch, Tyler State Park, White Rock Lake, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Caves.

Bell (Cub Cave); Hays ( Ezell’s Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (April - July, October); female (April - August)

Habitat.

(crops: peanuts); (landscape features: cave, under rock); (littoral: near pond); (plants: herbs near water); (soil/woodland: beech-magnolia forest, Juniperus managed plot, Juniperus unmanaged plot, leaf litter, loblolly pine managed, loblolly pine unmanaged, pine woods [%: 79, 83, 99], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woods [%: 44, 56, 82, 91], sandy area, under [juniper, oak], upland deciduous forest)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [mf]; flight intercept trap on ground [mf]; malaise trap [f]; pitfall trap [mf] (in leaves [mf], in sand [m], near pond [m], under juniper [mf], under oak [mf])

Type.

Kentucky, Bee Spring

Etymology.

Latin, of a spring

Collection.

DMNS, MCZ, MSU, TAMU, TMM, WTAM