Gea heptagon (Hentz, 1850)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 50-51

Gea heptagon (Hentz, 1850)

Gea heptagon Agnew et al. 1985: 7; Breene et al. 1993c: 11, 47, 101, mf (figs 146A-C); Brown 1974: 232; Dean and Eger 1986: 141; Dean and Sterling 1985: 116; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6; Dean and Sterling 1992: 3-4; Dean et al. 1982: 254; Dean et al. 1987: 268; Dean et al. 1988: 285-286; Dondale et al. 2003: 151, mf, desc. (figs 314-322); Jackman 1997: 79, desc., 161; Kagan 1942: 37; Kagan 1943: 258; Kaston 1972: 143, desc. (fig. 320); Kaston 1978: 137, desc. (fig. 343); Knutson et al. 2010: 515; Levi 1968: 324, mf, desc. (figs 1-24); Nyffeler and Sterling 1994: 1295, 1298; Nyffeler et al. 1987c: 372; Nyffeler et al. 1988a: 55; Nyffeler et al. 1989: 374, 377; Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 2; Rapp 1984: 5; Roth 1982: 11-2; Roth 1985: B-6-2, B-6-8; Roth 1994: 67; Vogel 1970b: 4; Woods and Harrel 1976: 43; Young and Edwards 1990: 15

Distribution.

East and south Texas; Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Colorado, Comal, Erath, Fayette, Fort Bend, Galveston, Houston, Howard, Jefferson, Kerr, Madison, Matagorda, McLennan, Nacogdoches, Nueces, Polk, San Patricio, Travis, Van Zandt, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Ellis Prison Unit, Lick Creek Park, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Time of activity.

Male (March - November); female (March, May - September)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, rice); (grass: grassland, grassy and shrub area, pasture); (littoral: salt marsh area); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [mf]); (plants: Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, vegetation, yarrow, Monarda citriodora ); (soil/woodland: forest, saltcedar, Quercus virginiana ); (structures: indoors)

Method.

Beating/sweeping [f]; D-Vac suction [f]; pitfall trap [mf]; suction trap [imm.]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

North Carolina and Alabama

Etymology.

Greek, seven-sided

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, NMSU, TAMU