Pirata sedentarius Montgomery, 1904

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 227-228

Pirata sedentarius Montgomery, 1904

Pirata sedentarius Agnew et al. 1985: 7; Gertsch 1934a: 12; Henderson 2007: 53, 63, 77, 80, 84; Jackman 1997: 165; Jones 1936: 69; Montgomery 1904: 312, mf, desc. (pl. 19, figs 28-29); Reddell 1965: 174; Reddell and Smith 1965: 20; Vogel 1970b: 14; Wallace and Exline 1978: 72, mf, desc. (figs 143-144, 146-162)

Piratula sedentaria (Montgomery, 1904); Roewer 1955: 289

Pirata sedentarias Montgomery, 1904; Vogel 1970b: 14

Distribution.

Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Culberson, Dallas, Edwards, Erath, Hays, Hidalgo, Kerr, McLennan, San Saba, Travis, Uvalde, Williamson

Locality.

5-Eagle Ranch, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Lick Creek Park, NK Ranch

Caves.

Edwards ( Devil’s Sinkhole); San Saba (Copperhead Cave)

Time of activity.

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

Habitat.

(landscape features: cave, under rock); (littoral: creek bank, near pond, under [rock by creek, rock by creek bank]); (soil/woodland: leaf litter, post oak woodland, upland woods)

Method.

pitfall trap [mf] (near pond [mf])

Eggs/spiderlings.

Erath [21 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

Texas (male, female, Travis Co., Austin, no date, no collector, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

Latin, sedentary

Collection.

DMNS, NMSU, TAMU, TMM