Metazygia wittfeldae (McCook, 1894)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 59

Metazygia wittfeldae (McCook, 1894)

Metazygia wittfeldae Armstrong and Richman 2007: 395; Breene et al. 1993c: 12, 47, 106, mf (figs 162A-C); Dean et al. 1982: 254; Guarisco 2008b: 5; Jackman 1997: 161; Jackman et al. 2007: 199; Kaston 1953: 190, desc. (fig. 467); Kaston 1972: 158, desc. (fig. 352); Kaston 1978: 150, desc. (fig. 376); Levi 1977a: 92, mf, desc. (figs 90-103); Levi 1995: 81; Rice 1986: 124; Young and Edwards 1990: 15

Distribution.

Central, southeast and south Texas; Brazos, Burnet, Cameron, Dallas, Fort Bend, Goliad, Hood, Hunt, Lee, Montgomery, San Patricio, Walker, Washington

Locality.

Ellis Prison Unit, Goliad State Park, Lake Buchanan, Lake Corpus Christi State Park, Lake Somerville State Park [Nails Creek Unit], Lake Tawakoni State Park, Lakeside Park South, Russell Farm

Time of activity.

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

Habitat.

(crops: cotton); (web: large spider web)

Method.

Boll weevil pheromone trap [mf]

Type.

Florida

Etymology.

Person (after the late Miss Anna Wittfeld, of Merrit Island, Florida)

Collection.

MSU, NMSU, TAMU