Agelenopsis aperta (Gertsch, 1934)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 18

Agelenopsis aperta (Gertsch, 1934)

Agelenopsis aperta Ayoub and Riechert 2004: 3465; Ayoub et al. 2005: 44; Bradley 2013: 65; Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 36; Jackman 1997: 160; Kaston 1978: 170; Maupin and Riechert 2001: 570; Reddell 1965: 168; Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 76; Reddell and Finch 1963: 50; Riechert 1993: 344; Roewer 1955: 41; Roth and Brown 1986: 4 [S]; Vogel 1970b: 2; Whitman-Zai et al. 2015: 13, mf, desc. (figs 23-24, 41, 56-57)

Agelena aperta Gertsch, 1934; Gertsch 1934d: 25, mf, desc. (fig. 10); Jones 1936: 69

Agelenopsis apertus (Gertsch, 1934); Gertsch 1939b: 25 [T]

Agelenopsis aperta guttata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941; Chamberlin and Ivie 1941: 595, mf, desc. (fig. 22); Jackman 1997: 160; Roewer 1955: 41; Vogel 1967: 4; Vogel 1970b: 2

Distribution.

Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos, Brewster, Burleson, Dallas, Edwards, El Paso, Fort Bend, Hidalgo, Kerr, Liberty, Pecos, Randall, Reeves, San Patricio, Tom Green, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde, Walker, Wichita, Williamson

Locality.

Amistad National Recreational Area, Chisos Basin, Chisos Mountains, Fort Hood, Lick Creek Park, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Raven Ranch

Caves.

Bell (Rock Ring Sink [Fort Hood]); Bexar (Cave of the Half-Snake, Logan’s Cave); Travis (Root Cave); Williamson (Three-Mile Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (May - September); female (June - December)

Habitat.

(landscape features: cave); (littoral: grassy field, near water, palmetto-cypress swamp); (soil/woodland: upland deciduous forest)

Method.

Flight intercept trap on ground [m]; pitfall trap [f]

Type.

Colorado, east of Boulder, Valmont Buttes

Etymology.

Latin, opened

Collection.

DMNS, MCZ, TAMU, TMM