Cryptachaea porteri (Banks, 1896)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 375-376

Cryptachaea porteri (Banks, 1896)

Cryptachaea porteri Bradley 2013: 225; Yoshida 2008: 39 [T]

Theridium porteri Banks, 1896; Banks 1910: 20

Theridion redemptum Gertsch and Mulaik, 1936; Gertsch and Mulaik 1936b: 13, mf, desc. (figs 14-15); Roewer 1942: 505

Theridium redemptum Gertsch and Mulaik, 1936; Bonnet 1959: 4518

Achaearanea porteri (Banks, 1896); Agnew et al. 1985: 6; Barr and Reddell 1967: 261; Brown 1974: 237; Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 54; Jackman 1997: 52, desc., 168; Kaston 1978: 106, desc.; Kunath and Smith 1968: 19, 30; Levi 1955a: 30 [S], mf, desc. (figs 71-75, 80-82); Levi 1963b: 215; McKenzie and Reddell 1964: 15, 22; Rapp 1984: 3; Reddell 1964: 41; Reddell 1965: 176; Reddell 1967: 11, 15, 23, 27, 34, 50; Reddell 1970: 408; Reddell 1973: 29, 46; Reddell 1994: 6; Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 92; Reddell and Finch 1963: 28, 41, 48, 53, 54; Reddell and Smith 1965: 20, 33, 46, 61, 62, 66; Smith and Reddell 1971: 21, 24, 29, 41; Vogel 1970b: 22

Distribution.

Widespread in caves; Atascosa, Bandera, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Comal, Comanche, Coryell, Crockett, Culberson, Denton, Edwards, Erath, Galveston, Hardeman, Harrison, Hays, Irion, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Medina, Menard, Nacogdoches, Pecos, Randall, Real, San Saba, Schleicher, Stonewall, Sutton, Terrell, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde, Wheeler, Wichita, Williamson

Locality.

Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Camp Bullis, Fort Hood, Galveston Island State Park

Caves.

Bandera (Haby Swallow Cave, Keese Cave); Bell (Cub Cave [Fort Hood], Gnarla Cave [Fort Hood], Hill’s Cave, Lunch Counter Cave [Fort Hood], Nolan Creek Cave [Fort Hood], Rugger’s Rift Cave [Fort Hood], Sanford Pit Cave [Fort Hood], Streak Cave [Fort Hood]); Bexar (40 mm Cave, Assassin Cave, Banzai Mud Dauber Cave, Bear Cave, Boneyard Pit, Bunny Hole [Camp Bullis], Cave site #301, Cave site #306, Cave of the Bee Spirits, Charley’s Hammer Hole, Cross the Creek Cave, Dirtwater Cave, Dos Viboras Cave, Eagles Nest Cave, Goat Cave, Government Canyon Bat Cave, Hairy Tooth Cave, Headquarters Cave, Hogan’s Cave, Holy Smoke Cave, Isocow Cave, Isopit, Kamikazi Cricket Cave, Lithic Ridge Cave, Mattke Cave, Phil’s Friggin Line Cave [Cave, site #803], Poor Boy Baculum Cave, Porcupine Parlor Cave, Raging Cajun Cave, Rattlesnake Cave, Robber Baron Cave, Scorpion Cave, Stevens Ranch Cave No. 1, Strange Little Cave, Tall Tales Cave, Three Fingers Cave, Tin Pot, Unknown Cave, Up the Creek Cave, Valley of Death Cave, Well Done Cave, World Newt Cave, Wurzbach Bat Cave, Young Cave No. 1); Blanco (Davis Blowout Cave); Burnet (Beaver Creek Bat Cave, Duncan’s Flea Cave, Huber Mine, Longhorn Caverns, Nolan’s Cave, Pie Cave, Snelling’s Cave, Taylor Water Cave); Childress (Black Hand Cave); Collingsworth (Bumpas Cave, Turtle Cave); Comal (Kappelman Cave, Little Bear Creek Cave, Natural Bridge Caverns); Coryell (Fossil Spring Cave [Fort Hood], Oxygen Bottle Cave, Plateau Cave No. 2, Rocket River Cave System (Double Tree Cave) [Fort Hood], Saltpeter Cave [Fort Hood]); Crockett (Dudley Cave); Culberson (Dillahunty Swallow Cave, Gyp Joint, Plateau Cave); Edwards (Blue Elm Cave, Cueva de la Cola Blanca, Devil’s Sinkhole, Dunbar Cave, Green Cave, Hughes Cave, Jacoby Cave, Midnight Cave, 3-Bounce Pit, Wheat Cave, Wheat Cave No. 1, Wyatt Cave); Hardeman (Walkup Cave); Hays (Boggus Cave, Donaldson Cave, Ezell’s Cave, Fern Cave, Ladder Cave, McCarty Cave, McGlothlin Sink); Irion (Arden Cave); Kendall ( Jan’s Fissure, Swaglet Cave); Kerr (East Trap Cave, Mingus Swallow Cave, Old Morris Cave, Pinto Ranch Cave, Seven Room Cave, Stowers Cave); Kimble (Flemming Bat Cave, Garter Snake Cave, The Hole, Live Dog Cave, Lizard Cave, Top Dog Cave); King (River Styx Cave); Kinney (Cot Cave, Kickapoo Caverns); Lampasas (Battery Cave, Dead Goat Cave, Jackson Flea Cave, Jackson One-Bat Cave); Llano (Enchanted Rock Cave, Miller’s Cave); Mason (Kothmann Cave, Zesch Ranch Cave); Medina ( Boehme’s Cave, Davenport Cave, Haby Bat Cave, Lutz Cave, Ney Cave, Valdina Farms Sinkhole); Menard ( Kearney’s Dead Goat Cave, Powell’s Cave); Pecos (Ess Cave); Randall (Catarina Cave, Confusion Cave); Real (Orell Bat Cave, Red Arrow Cave, Turkey Pens Cave); San Saba (Bremer Cave, Chimneyer’s Delight Cave, Cicurina Cave, Fence Line Fissure, Wedge Cave); Schleicher (Cave Y); Stonewall (Aspermont Bat Cave); Sutton (Felton Cave, Silky Cave, Word Cave); Terrell (Blackstone Cave); Travis (Balcones Sink, Beckett’s Cave, Broken Lid Cave, Cave X, Cave Y, Central Sink, Cold Cave, Cotterell Cave, Dead Dog Cave No. 1, Deer Stand Cave, Driskill Cave, Feather Sink, Gallifer Cave, Get Down Cave, Goat Cave, Grove Sinks Cave, Jack’s Joint, Kretschmarr Double Pit, Kretschmarr Fluted Sink, LaCrosse Cave, Lost Gold Cave, McDonald Cave, Midden Sink, No Rent Cave, Outhouse Hole Sink, Pickle Pit, Salamander Cave, Schulze Cave, Seider Springs Cave, Singletary Cave, Slumberger Sink, Spanish Wells, Stark’s North Mine, Stoneworks Sink, Substations Sink, Tardus Hole, Three-Holer Cave, Tooth Cave, Weldon Cave, Weldon West Cave, Whirlpool Cave, Wildflower Cave); Uvalde (Big Foot Cave, Burial Cave, Cement Tank Cave, Crom Cave, Davy Crockett Cave, Frio Bat Cave, Frio King Cave, Maybe Stream Cave, North Well Cave, Pablo’s Cave, Picture Cave No. 1, Sandtleben Cave, Tampke Ranch Cave, Whitecotton Bat Cave); Val Verde ( Fawcett’s Cave, Four-Mile Cave); Wheeler (Big Mouth Cave); Williamson (Beck Sewer Cave, Bev’s Grotto, Coon Scat Cave, Elm Bat Cave, Elm Cave, Formation Forest Cave, Good Friday Cave, Grimace Cave, Jug Cave, Ku Klux Klan Cave, Lorfing’s Unseen Rattler Cave, Man-With-A-Spear Cave, Marigold Cave, Sore-ped Cave, Steam Cave, Susana Cave, T.W.A.S. A Cave, Three-Mile Cave, Two Hole Cave, Walsh Ranch Cave, Williams Cave, Wolf Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (January - August, October - November); female (January - December)

Habitat.

(landscape features: cave); (littoral: salt marsh); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [f]); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: woods); (structures: bathroom, indoors)

Method.

Fogging [m]; pitfall trap [m] (in woods [m])

Type.

Indiana, Porter’s Cave

Etymology.

locality (name of Porter’s cave)

Collection.

MSU, TAMU, TMM