Castianeira longipalpa (Hentz, 1847)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 77

Castianeira longipalpa (Hentz, 1847)

Castianeira longipalpa Calixto et al. 2013: 181; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 16; Irungu 2007: 30; Jackman 1997: 112, 162; Platnick 2000 [spelling]; Trevino 2014: 11; Yantis 2005: 66, 196, 199

Castianeira longipalpus (Hentz, 1847); Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Breene et al. 1993c: 13, 47, 84, mf (figs 94A-C); Dean et al. 1982: 255; Reiskind 1969: 186, mf, desc. (figs 7-10, 50-53); Young and Edwards 1990: 16

Distribution.

South Texas; Anderson, Archer, Bee, Bexar, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Erath, Goliad, Hidalgo, Houston, Jeff Davis, Kenedy, Leon, Lubbock, Robertson, Walker, Webb, Wichita

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Ellis Prison Unit, Goliad State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Kenedy Ranch, Nabor’s Lake, Somerville Lake, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Time of activity.

Male (March - August, October); female (May - August, October - November)

Habitat.

(crops: cabbage, cotton, peanuts); (grass: pasture); (littoral: near playa, sand dune area); (orchard: pecan); (plants: Compositae ); (soil/woodland: pine woods [%: 60, 69, 74, 84], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woods [%: 41, 92], sand dune area, sandy area); (structures: in [building, lab])

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [mf]; pitfall trap [mf] (in sand [m]); ramp trap [m]; tile trap [m]

Type.

Alabama

Etymology.

Latin, long neck on palp

Collection.

FSCA, MSU, TAMU