Acacesia hamata (Hentz, 1847)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 34-35

Acacesia hamata (Hentz, 1847)

Acacesia hamata Agnew et al. 1985: 6; Bradley 2013: 77; Breene et al. 1993b: 647; Breene et al. 1993c: 10, 47, 104, mf (figs 157A-C); Brown 1974: 231; Calixto et al. 2013: 181; Dean et al. 1982: 254; Glueck 1994: 69, mf, desc. (figs 1, 4-8); Jackman 1997: 72, desc., 161 (photo 21a); Kaston 1953: 183, desc. (fig. 453); Kaston 1972: 151, desc. (fig. 339); Kaston 1978: 144, desc. (fig. 362); Levi 1976: 375 [S], mf, desc. (figs 74-87); Rice 1986: 124; Roth 1982: 11-1; Roth 1985: B-6-5, B-6-11; Roth 1994: 70, 74; Young and Edwards 1990: 14

Epeira foliata Hentz, 1847; McCook 1893: 154

Acacesia foliata (Hentz, 1847); Petrunkevitch 1911: 274

Distribution.

Southern ½ Texas; Brazos, Brewster, Cameron, Erath, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Nacogdoches, Robertson, San Patricio, Shelby, Travis (imm.), Walker

Locality.

Ellis Prison Unit, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Kenedy Ranch, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Corpus Christi State Park, Lick Creek Park, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge

Time of activity.

Male (January, March - May, July - August, October); female (April, June, August - October)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, sugarcane); (grass: grass, meadow); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [f]); (orchard: pecan); (plants: vegetation); (soil/woodland: palm forest margin [resaca bank], trees, woods, Juniperus ashei , Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia )

Method.

Beating [m]; cardboard band [imm.]; D-Vac suction [m]; malaise trap [m]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

Alabama

Etymology.

Latin, hooked

Collection.

MSU, TAMU