Verrucosa arenata (Walckenaer, 1841)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 67

Verrucosa arenata (Walckenaer, 1841)

Verrucosa arenata Brown 1974: 233; Jackman 1997: 161; Kaston 1978: 143, desc. (fig. 359); Levi 1976: 358, mf, desc. (figs 1-11); Lise et al. 2015: 11, mf, desc. (figs 8-38); Rapp 1984: 5; Roth 1982: 11-2; Roth 1985: B-6-6, B-6-11; Roth 1994: 69; Vogel 1970b: 4

Distribution.

Eastern ½ Texas; Bastrop, Brazos, Galveston, Gonzalez, Grayson, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Jacinto, Tyler, Walker

Locality.

Buescher State Park, Galveston Island State Park, Kirby State Forest, Lick Creek Park, Palmetto State Park, Stubblefield Lake Recreation Area

Time of activity.

Male (May - August); female (May - July, September - November)

Habitat.

(littoral: near creek, salt marsh, sedge meadow); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [mf]); (soil/woodland: beech-magnolia forest, tree, woods)

Method.

Beating [m]; beating/sweeping [f]; Lindgren funnel trap [m]; malaise trap [m]

Type.

Georgia

Etymology.

Latin, sandy

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU