Schizocosa saltatrix (Hentz, 1844)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 235

Schizocosa saltatrix (Hentz, 1844)

Schizocosa saltatrix Agnew et al. 1985: 7, 11; Bradley 2013: 162; Chamberlin 1908: 215, mf, desc. (pl. 16, figs 2, 4); Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 52; Dondale and Redner 1978a: 153 [S], mf, desc. (figs 4, 39-41, 88); Henderson 2007: 53-57, 77, 80, 84; Jackman 1997: 165; Petrunkevitch 1911: 579; Reddell 1965: 174; Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 88; Vogel 1970b: 14; Yantis 2005: 66, 198, 201

Lycosa relucens Montgomery, 1902; Montgomery 1904: 292.

Distribution.

Eastern ½ Texas; Anderson, Bell, Bexar, Brazos, Burleson, Coryell, Edwards, Erath, Grimes, Hidalgo, Houston, Jeff Davis, Kerr, Leon, Madison, Travis, Trinity, Uvalde, Val Verde, Walker

Locality.

Davis Mountains Resort, Fort Hood, Lick Creek Park, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Caves.

Bell ([all Fort Hood] Coyote Den Cave, Keilman Cave, Lunch Counter Cave, Seven Mile Mountain Cave, Treasure Cave); Bexar (Ailor Hill Cave, Cave of the Bearded Tree, Cave of the Half-Snake); Travis ( Lunsford’s Cave); Val Verde (Wren Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (March - May, September); female (March - July)

Habitat.

(grass: grass, sandy-prairie grass, short grass); (landscape features: cave); (littoral: edge of pond, near pond); (soil/woodland: disturbed habitat, leaf litter, old field, pine woods [%: 66, 73, 83, 85, 88, 95, 97, 99, 100], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woods [%: 44, 56, 71, 74, 75, 77, 82, 91, 92, 94, 96], post oak woodland, sandy area, under [juniper, oak], upland woods, woods)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [mf]; carrion pitfall trap [mf]; pitfall trap [mf] (edge of pond [m], in leaves [mf], in woods [m], near pond [m], under juniper [mf], under oak [f]); yellow pan trap [m]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Brazos [102 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

South Carolina

Etymology.

Latin, to dance

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, TMM