Scytodes atlacoya Rheims, Brescovit & Duran , 2007

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 358

Scytodes atlacoya Rheims, Brescovit & Duran, 2007

Scytodes atlacoya : partial data from G.B. Edwards, pers. comm. [ Rheims et al. 2007: 96, mf, desc. (figs 7-8, 28-32)]

Scytodes intricata Banks, 1909; Bonnet 1958: 3984; Comstock 1940: 317, desc.; Gertsch 1935a: 9; Gertsch and Mulaik 1940: 319; Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 91; Roewer 1942: 330; Vogel 1970b: 21 [erroneous identification, see Brown 1974: 237; Valerio 1981: 84]

Scytodes longipes Lucas, 1844; Comstock 1912: 306 [Texas record]; Vogel 1970b: 21 [see Gertsch and Mulaik 1940: 319]

Scytodes n. sp.; Agnew et al. 1985: 6, 11; Jackman 1997: 36

Scytodes sp.; Brown 1974: 237 [undescribed species]; Yantis 2005: 202

Distribution.

Aransas, Archer, Bexar, Brazos, Burleson, Cameron, Collin, Coryell, Dallas, DeWitt, Erath, Fayette, Harris, Hays, Hidalgo, Houston, Jasper, Kendall, Kerr, Kleberg, Leon, Llano, Nacogdoches, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Travis, Washington, Webb, Wichita, Zapata

Locality.

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas Bend Park, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, El Rancho Cima Scout Camp, Falcon State Park, Iron Wheel Mesa, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Welder Wildlife Refuge

Caves.

Bexar (Strange Little Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (February - November); female (February - December)

Habitat.

(landscape features: cave, under rock); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [m]); (soil/woodland: cedar elm forest, hackberry woodland, hollow log, in [branch, dead log], Juniperus managed plot, Juniperus unmanaged plot, live oak woodland, palm forest, post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woods [93%], Red bay-liveoak forest, upland deciduous forest, yucca- Quercus incana association); (structures: cellar, in [house, lab, tent], garage, on house, porch, storeroom, under picnic table, window screen); (web: in webs in trees at night)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [m]; flight intercept trap on ground [mf]; pitfall trap [mf]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Brazos [36 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

Mexico, Tamaulipas

Etymology.

noun in apposition taken from Aztec mythology; Atlacoya is believed to be the goddess of drought

Collection.

MSU, NMSU, TAMU