Schizocosa rovneri Uetz & Dondale, 1979

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 235

Schizocosa rovneri Uetz & Dondale, 1979

Schizocosa rovneri Calixto et al. 2013: 183, 187; Henderson 2007: 28, 40, 53-61, 77, 80, 84; Stratton 1991: 35, mf (figs 2, 7-8, 12); Yantis 2005: 66, 198, 201 [ Stratton 1997: 86 [table of features and key for crassipes , ocreata , rovneri , stridulans , uetzi ]]

Schizocosa ocreata (Hentz, 1844); Agnew et al. 1985: 7, 11 [part] [misidentified]

Distribution.

East Texas; Anderson, Brazos, Burleson, Erath, Fort Bend, Houston, Leon, Madison, Robertson, Trinity, Walker

Locality.

Brazos Bend State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lick Creek Park, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Time of activity.

Male (April - June); female (April - July)

Habitat.

(littoral: sedge meadow); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: buckeye-sycamore forest, disturbed habitat, pine woods [%: 66, 67, 69, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 92, 95, 97, 100], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woods [%: 56, 91, 92, 96], post oak woodland, sandy area, upland woods, woods)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [mf]; flight intercept trap [m]; pitfall trap [mf] (in woods [m]); blue pan trap [m]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Brazos [14 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

Illinois, Allerton Park

Etymology.

Person ( Schizocosa rovneri is named in honor of Dr. J. S. Rovner in recognition of his stimulating work on the behavior of North American wolf spiders, Stratton 1991).

Collection.

TAMU