Varacosa avara (Keyserling, 1877)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 237

Varacosa avara (Keyserling, 1877)

Varacosa avara Bradley 2013: 164; Dondale and Redner 1990: 93, mf, desc. (figs 108-112); Henderson 2007: 28, 40, 52-53, 55-56, 60-61, 70-75, 78, 80, 84; Jackman 1997: 165; Jiménez and Dondale 1988: 172 [T]; Yantis 2005: 66, 198, 202

Lycosa avara (Keyserling, 1877); Chamberlin 1908: 279, mf, desc. (pl. 20, figs 1-3); Comstock 1912: 640, desc.; Comstock 1940: 650; Petrunkevitch 1911: 556; Vogel 1970b: 13

Trochosa avara Keyserling, 1877; Brady 1980: 190, mf, desc. (figs 3, 19-21, 36-40); Montgomery 1904: 304, f, desc. (pl. 20, fig. 42)

Distribution.

Anderson, Brazos, Burleson, Coryell, Dallas, Grayson, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Houston, Jasper, Leon, Madison, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Big Thicket National Preserve, Kirby State Forest, Lick Creek Park, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Time of activity.

Male (January 15-February 15, February, June, September - December); female (January - June, September - December)

Habitat.

(grass: sandy grassland, short grass); (littoral: near water); (soil/woodland: bottomland forest, disturbed habitat, forest, hardwood litter, pine woods [%: 66, 67, 69, 73, 80, 82, 86, 88, 97, 100], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woods [%: 41, 49, 56, 60, 74, 76, 77, 80, 84, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 100], post oak woodland, sandy area, upland woods)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [mf]; pitfall trap [mf]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Brazos [73 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

North America

Etymology.

Latin, avaricious

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU