Tayshaneta coeca (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 175

Tayshaneta coeca (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942)

Tayshaneta coeca Ledford et al. 2011: 337, 340-341, 377-380, 386 [T] (figs 13A-F 17A-F, 31); Ledford et al. 2012: 34 (figs 10C, 15A-F, 36A-F, 52E)

Leptoneta spp.; Reddell 1965: 172 [part]

Leptoneta coeca Chamberlin and Ivie, 1942; Chamberlin and Ivie 1942: 10, m, desc. (fig. 9); Gertsch 1974: 170, mf, desc. (figs 50, 67-68, 80); Nicholas 1960: 156; Reddell 1965: 172; Vogel 1967: 87; Vogel 1970b: 11

Neoleptoneta coeca (Chamberlin and Ivie, 1942); Brignoli 1977: 216 [T]; Culver et al. 2003: 464; Gertsch 1992: 78; Jackman 1997: 164; Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 85

Tayshaneta undet.; Ledford et al. 2011: 342 [part]

Distribution.

Comal, Hays, Travis, Williamson

Caves.

Comal (Brehmmer Cave [= Heidrich’s Cave], Coreth Bat Cave, Natural Bridge Caverns); Hays (Freeman Crawl, Hackberry Cave, McCarty Cave, McGlothlin Sink, Root Beard Cave, Wiseman’s Sink, Wiseman’s Sink No. 2); Williamson (Flat Rock Cave, Prairie’s Flats Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (January, March - June, October); female (January - May, July, September - November)

Habitat.

(landscape features: cave)

Type.

Texas (male, Comal Co., Brehmmer Cave, June 20, 1938, no collector, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

Latin, blind, hidden

Collection.

TMM, TTU