Habronattus cognatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1901)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 306

Habronattus cognatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1901)

Habronattus cognatus Agnew et al. 1985: 5; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 10, 48; Griswold 1987: 187 [T], mf, desc.; Hedin and Maddison 2001b: 1514; Jackman 1997: 130, 167; Knutson et al. 2010: 515; Maddison and Hedin 2003a: 18; Richman et al. 2011b: 15; Richman et al. 2012a: 15; Richman et al. 2012b: 15

Pellenes cognatus Peckham and Peckham, 1901 [ Peckham and Peckham 1901b: 224, f, desc. (pl. 1, fig. 19)]

Pellenes arizonensis (Banks, 1904); Carpenter 1972: 164 [Texas record]

Distribution.

Angelina, Blanco, Briscoe, Cameron, Carson, Clay, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Hidalgo, Howard, Kenedy, Kerr, Potter, Randall, Travis, Ward, Wichita, Wilbarger

Locality.

Browning Ranch, Camp Chrysalis, Kenedy Ranch, Lake Meredith, South Padre Island

Time of activity.

Male (March 29-April 5, April - October); female (April - August, September 28-October 4, October)

Habitat.

(crops: peanuts); (grass: grass, grassland, sparse grass); (littoral: near playa, sand dune area); (plants: low weeds and annuals, miscellaneous vegetation); (soil/woodland: ground, mesquite bush, post oak savanna with pasture, saltcedar)

Method.

pitfall trap [mf] (edge of woods [m], in sand [mf], in sand in woods [m]); sweeping [mf]

Type.

Kansas

Etymology.

Latin, related

Collection.

MSU, TAMU, WTAM