Eidmannella pallida (Emerton, 1875)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 245-246

Eidmannella pallida (Emerton, 1875)

Eidmannella pallida Breene et al. 1993b: 647; Breene et al. 1993c: 20, 47, 55, mf (figs 18A-C); Calixto et al. 2013: 183; Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001a: 27; Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 53; Gertsch 1984: 54 [S, T], mf, desc. (figs 249-280); Jackman 1997: 49, desc., 166; Reddell 1994: 6; Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 89; Roberts 2001: 48

Nesticus pallidus Emerton, 1874; Barr and Reddell 1967: 260; Bryant 1940: 321; Comstock 1912: 424; Kunath and Smith 1968: 80, 97; Reddell 1963: 20; Reddell 1965: 174 [part]; Reddell 1967: 50; Reddell 1970: 407 [part]; Reddell and Finch 1963: 40, 48; Reddell and Smith 1965: 60; Smith and Reddell 1965: 29; Vogel 1970b: 15

Nesticus mexicanus (Banks, 1898); Reddell 1965: 174; Vogel 1970b: 15

Nesticus suggerens Chamberlin, 1924; Jones 1936: 69; Vogel 1970b: 15

Distribution.

Widespread in caves; Bandera, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos, Brooks, Burleson, Burnet, Cameron, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Coryell, Crockett, Culberson, Dallas, Edwards, Hardeman, Hays, Hidalgo, Howard, Irion, Kendall, King, Kinney, Llano, Lubbock, Matagorda, Medina, Menard, Nueces, Potter, Reagan, Real, Robertson, San Saba, Schleicher, Starr, Stonewall, Sutton, Taylor, Terrell, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde, Walker, Ward, Washington, Wichita, Williamson

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bateman Ranch, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Browning Ranch, Ellis Prison Unit, Fort Hood, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, White Rock Lake, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Caves.

Bell (Camp 6 Cave No. 1 [Fort Hood], Figure 8 Cave [Fort Hood], Hills’ Cave, Marcelino’s Cave [Fort Hood], Rugger’s Rift Cave [Fort Hood], Sledgehammer Cave [Fort Hood], Sanford Pit Cave [Fort Hood], Talking Crows Cave [Fort Hood], Valentine Cave [Fort Hood], Viper Den Cave); Bexar (Alligator Lizard Cave (=Wren Cave), Black Cat Cave, Caracol Creek Coon Cave, Cave No. 189, Cave No. 194, Cave site #303 [Government Canyon Karst Fauna Region], Cave site #305, Cave site # 701, Dirtwater Cave, Government Canyon Bat Cave [Government Canyon State Natural Area], Headquarters Cave, I Think It’s A Cave, Kamikazi Cricket Cave, Max and Roberts Cave [=SWCA no. 3007, 3008], Persimmon Pit, Porcupine Squeeze Cave [=Grubs Cave No. 189], Robber Baron Cave, SARA Site 4 Cave, Stealth Cave, Stevens Ranch Cave No. 1, Toad Cave, Voight’s Bat Cave, Wren Cave, Young Cave No. 1); Blanco (Forest View Cave, T Cave); Burnet ( Nolan’s Cave, Snellings Cave, Waldman Cave); Childress (Windmill Crack Cave); Collingsworth (Turtle Cave); Comal ( Bender’s Cave, Brehmmer Cave [= Heidrich’s Cave], Coreth Bat Cave, Grosser’s Cave); Coryell ([all Fort Hood] Chigiouxs’ Cave, Mixmaster Cave, Plateau Cave No. 1, Tippit Cave); Crockett (09 Well, Dudley Cave, Water Cave); Culberson (Porcupine Fissure, Whirlwind Cave); Edwards (Vance Cave); Hardeman (Campsey Cave); Hays (Grapevine Cave, McCarty Cave, Wiseman Sink); Howard ( Cramer’s Scenic Mountain Cave); Irion (Corngriders Cave, Noelke Cave); Kendall ( Behr’s Cave, Sattler’s Deep Pit); King (River Styx Cave); Kinney (Webb Cave); Llano (Enchanted Rock Cave); Medina (Valdina Farms Sinkhole); Menard ( Neel’s Cave, Powell’s Cave, Silver Mine Cave); Reagan (Big Lake State Park Cave); Real (Bonner Fallout Shelter Cave); San Saba (Fern Cave); Schleicher (Cave Y); Stonewall (Aspermont Bat Cave); Sutton (Caverns of Sonora, Mayfield Cave); Terrell ( Sorcerer’s Cave); Travis ( Airman’s Cave, Austin Caverns, Brodie Sink, Broken Straw Cave, Cave X, Cotterell Cave, Driskill Cave, Flint Ridge Cave, Goat Cave, Ireland’s Cave, Jack’s Joint, Jester Pit, Kretschmarr Salamander Cave, Lundsford’s Cave, Midnight Cave, Moonmilk Cave, Plethodon Cave, Spider Cave, Spyglass Cave, Whirlpool Cave, Wooden Derrick Cave); Uvalde (North Well Cave, Pablo’s Cave, Rambie’s Cave, Story Cave); Val Verde (Airport Cave, Emerald Sink, Fawcett’s Cave, Fern Cave, Four-Mile Cave, H. T. Miers Cave, Langtry Lead Cave, Oriente Milestone Molasses Bat Cave, Seminole Sink [Seminole Canyon State Historical Park]); Ward (Rattlesnake Cave); Washington ( Devil’s Den); Williamson (Agave Cave, Argo Cave, Ballroom Cave No. 2, The Bat Well, Bat Well Cave, Beck Creek Cave, Beck Pride Cave, Beck Ranch Cave, Brents Bad Air Cave, Brown’s Cave, Cassidy Cave, Cobb Caverns, Coffin Cave, Deliverance Cave No. 1, Do Drop In Cave, Duckworth Bat Cave, East Fork Fissure, Electro-Mag Cave, Elm Water Cave, Florence Cave No. 18, Hatchet Cave, Holler Hole Cave, Inner Space Caverns, Kiva Cave No. 1, Lorfing’s Unseen Rattler Cave, McNeil Quarry Cave, Off Campus Cave, Onion Branch Cave, Polaris Cave, Reach-Around Cave, Rockfall Cave, Sore-ped Cave, Steam Cave, Sting Cave, Texella Cave, Three-Mile Cave, Trail of Tears Cave, Turner Goat Cave, War Party Cave, Williams Cave, Williams Cave No. 1)

Time of activity.

Male (February, April - November); female (January - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, sugarcane); (grass: grass); (landscape features: cave); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: post oak savanna with pasture, thorn thicket)

Method.

Flight intercept trap [m]; pitfall trap [mf]

Type.

Virginia, Fountain Cave

Etymology.

Latin, pale cave representatives

Collection.

JCC, MSU, NMSU, TAMU, TMM, TTU