Schizocosa avida (Walckenaer, 1837)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 232

Schizocosa avida (Walckenaer, 1837)

Schizocosa avida Agnew et al. 1985: 4, 10; Bonnet 1958: 3944; Bradley 2013: 160; Breene et al. 1993c: 19, 47, 97, mf (figs 137A-C); Calixto et al. 2013: 180, 183, 185, 187; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Dean et al. 1988: 287; Dondale and Redner 1978a: 164 [S, T], mf, desc. (figs 10-12, 51-54, 89); Jackman 1997: 165 (photo 22); Vogel 1970b: 14; Young and Edwards 1990: 20

Lycosa avida Walckenaer, 1837; Jones 1936: 69; Woods and Harrel 1976: 43

Lycosa erratica Hentz, 1844; Chamberlin 1908: 251

Lycosa lepida (Keyserling, 1877); Montgomery 1904: 287

Distribution.

Eastern ½ Texas; Blanco, Brazos, Burleson, Coleman, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Erath, Gonzalez, Hays, Houston, Jefferson, Robertson, Tom Green, Travis, Walker, Williamson

Locality.

5-Eagle Ranch, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Browning Ranch, Ellis Prison Unit, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Horne Ranch, Lick Creek Park, NK Ranch, Stiles Farm Foundation

Time of activity.

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

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts, rice); (grass: grassland, pasture, sandy-prairie grass); (littoral: near lake); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets); (soil/woodland: edge of woods, near lake, on ground, post oak savanna with pasture, sandy area, sandy-prairie grass, under oak)

Method.

pitfall trap [mf] (edge of woods [m], in sand [m], under oak [m])

Eggs/spiderlings.

Erath [51 spiderlings in eggsac]; Williamson [17, 54, 60, 64, 73, 139, 244, 270, 435 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

New York

Etymology.

Latin, greedy

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU