Hentzia palmarum (Hentz, 1832)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 316-317

Hentzia palmarum (Hentz, 1832)

Hentzia palmarum Agnew et al. 1985: 5, 11; Bradley 2013: 190; Breene 1988: 15, 17, 23-26, 35-36, 38-40; Breene et al. 1988: 180-181; Breene et al. 1989: 163; Breene et al. 1993c: 23, 48, 73, mf (figs 62A-C); Brown 1974: 236; Bryant 1940: 498; Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 17; Calixto et al. 2013: 184-187; Carpenter 1972: 164; Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Dean and Sterling 1987: 7; Dean and Sterling 1990: 403, 405; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Dean et al. 1987: 268; Dean et al. 1988: 287; Hedin and Maddison 2001a: 388; Hill and Edwards 2013: 33; Hunter 1988: 18, 20-21; Jackman 1997: 131, desc., 167 (photo 41d); Li 1990: 137, 142, 144; Liao et al. 1984: 411; Lombardini et al. 2005: 1378; Nyffeler et al. 1987a: 357; Nyffeler et al. 1992b: 1459-1460; Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 3; Pamanes-Guerrero 1975: 60, 78; Pfannenstiel 2008a: 204; Rapp 1984: 9; Richman 1989: 296 [S, T], mf, desc. (figs 16-27); Richman 2010: 76; Richman and Cutler 1978: 86; Richman et al. 2011b: 24; Richman et al. 2012a: 24; Richman et al. 2012b: 24; Rogers and Horner 1977: 523; Vincent and Frankie 1985: 380; Young and Edwards 1990: 22

Hentzia ambigua (Walckenaer, 1837); Sterling et al. 1979: 979

Wala palmarum Hentz, 1832; Bonnet 1959: 4806; Jones 1936: 70; Kagan 1942: 67; Kagan 1943: 258; Peckham and Peckham 1909: 508; Petrunkevitch 1911: 717; Vogel 1970b: 20

Distribution.

Eastern 2/3 Texas; Aransas, Austin, Bell, Bexar, Bosque, Brazoria, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Cameron, Collin, Comal, Comanche, Dallas, Edwards, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Galveston, Gillespie, Goliad, Grayson, Hidalgo, Hill, Houston, Hunt, Karnes, Kenedy, Kerr, Limestone, Llano, Lubbock, Mason, McLennan, Medina, Montague, Montgomery, Motley, Nacogdoches, Nolan, Nueces, Randall, Robertson, Rockwall, Sabine, San Patricio, San Saba, Scurry, Shelby, Travis, Uvalde, Walker, Wharton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Williamson, Wood, Zavala

Locality.

Adriance Pecan Orchard, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Brison Pecan Orchard, Buddy Adams Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Estero Llano Grande State Park, Frontera Audubon, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Jones State Forest, Lacuna Park, Lake Thomas, Lick Creek Park, McKelvey Park, Proctor Lake, Ramsey Prison Farm, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Russell Farm, Storey Pecan Orchard, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Welder Wildlife Refuge

Time of activity.

Male (January - December); female (January, March - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, guar, peanuts, sunflower); (grass: grasses, grassland, grassy and shrub area, pasture, tall grass prairie); (littoral: salt marsh area); (nest/prey: bird nest, mud dauber nest [mf]); (objects: on cotton fleahopper emergence cage); (orchard: grapefruit, Mexican lime, orange, pecan, sour orange, tangerine); (plants: bluebonnets, bush, croton, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, next to cotton field, vegetation, weed, Monarda citriodora ); (soil/woodland: beech-magnolia forest, hackberry matte, live oak, lower branches of trees, post oak savanna, sandy area, tree, trees /shrubs, willow, woods, woodland, woody annuals, Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia ); (structures: on clothes line)

Method.

Beating [mf]; beating/sweeping [f]; boll weevil pheromone trap [f]; cardboard band [mf]; D-Vac suction [mf]; fogging [mf]; irrigation tubing [mf]; malaise trap [f]; ramp trap [m]; suction trap [mf]; sweeping [mf]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Robertson [12, 17 spiderlings]; Walker [eggsac August 28, 1978, hatch October 3; 28 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

South Carolina and North Carolina

Etymology.

Latin, plant

Collection.

MSU, NMSU, TAMU, WTAM