Ariadna bicolor (Hentz, 1842)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 360-361

Ariadna bicolor (Hentz, 1842)

Ariadna bicolor Agnew et al. 1985: 6, 11; Beatty 1970: 458, mf, desc. (figs 38, 42-43); Brown 1974: 237; Calixto et al. 2013: 184; Gertsch and Mulaik 1940: 323; Hen derson 2007: 61-64, 78, 81, 84; Jackman 1997: 41, desc., 168; Reddell 1965: 176; Reddell and Smith 1965: 33; Vogel 1970b: 21; Yantis 2005: 196, 199

Distribution.

Bastrop, Brazos, Brewster, Brown, Cameron, Comal, Denton, Edwards, Erath, Hays, Hidalgo, Hood, Kerr, Lampasas, Leon, Lubbock, Madison, Matagorda, McLennan, Nacogdoches, Robertson, Sabine, Smith, Starr, Travis, Walker, Wichita, Williamson, Young

Locality.

Bastrop State Park, Chisos Mountains, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lick Creek Park, Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Caves.

Edwards (Dunbar Cave); Lampasas (Battery Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (March, May - July, September - October, October 27-November 11); female (March - May, July - September, December)

Habitat.

(landscape features: cave); (littoral: near water); (nest/prey: Neotoma rat nest litter); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: beech bottom, beech-magnolia forest, Juniperus managed plot, leaf litter, post oak woods [%: 80, 85, 93], post oak woodland, riparian mesquite forest, upland deciduous forest, under [bark of pine tree, log, woods]); (structures: indoors)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [m]; berlese funnel [f]; cardboard band [f]; flight intercept trap [m]; flight intercept trap on ground [m]; malaise trap [f]; pitfall trap [m]; ramp trap [m]; suction trap [m]; tile trap [m]

Type.

Alabama

Etymology.

Latin, color of carapace and abdomen

Collection.

DMNS, JCC, MSU, TAMU, TMM, TTU