Allocosa absoluta (Gertsch, 1934)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 208

Allocosa absoluta (Gertsch, 1934)

Allocosa absoluta Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Breene et al. 1993c: 18, 47, 94, mf (figs 129A-C); Calixto et al. 2013: 183; Dondale and Redner 1983b: 943 [T], mf, desc. (figs 5-6, 38-41); Jackman 1997: 165; Young and Edwards 1990: 19

Arctosa absoluta Gertsch, 1934; Gertsch 1934d: 9, m, desc. (fig. 1); Vogel 1970b: 12

Arctosa floridiana (Banks, 1896); Gertsch and Wallace 1937: 3 [Texas records]

Arctosa floridana (Banks, 1896); Vogel 1970b: 12 [Texas records]

Distribution.

Eastern ½ Texas; Brazos, Burleson, Comanche, Erath, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Walker

Locality.

5-Eagle Ranch, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Kenedy Ranch, NK Ranch

Time of activity.

Male (April - June, August); female (March - July, October)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts); (littoral: under rock by creek, edge of pond, near pond, sand dune area); (orchard: pecan); (structures: indoors)

Method.

pitfall trap [mf] (edge of pond [m], near pond [mf])

Type.

Texas (male, Hidalgo Co., Edinburg, no date, S. Mulaik, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

Latin, differs from several other species [ chamberlini , funerea , furtiva ]

Collection.

MSU, TAMU