Gnaphosa sericata (L. Koch, 1866)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 145

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scientific name	Gnaphosa sericata (L. Koch, 1866)
status

Treatment

Gnaphosa sericata Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Bowen et al. 2004: 189; Breene et al. 1993c: 16, 47, 88, mf (figs 109A-B); Brown 1974: 234; Calixto et al. 2013: 182; Chamberlin 1922: 157; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Henderson 2007: 63-64, 76, 79, 83; Irungu 2007: 30; Jackman 1997: 163; Kaston 1953: 75, desc. (fig. 182); Platnick and Shadab 1975a: 61, mf, desc. (figs 143-149); Ramirez 2014: 363; Roberts 2001: 50; Trevino 2014: 12; Vogel 1970b: 10; Yantis 2005: 197; Young and Edwards 1990: 17; Zolnerowich and Horner 1985: 82

Distribution.

Widespread; Bastrop, Brazos, Brewster, Brown, Burleson, Coleman, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Coryell, Cottle, Denton, Erath, Frio, Garza, Hidalgo, Houston, Jeff Davis, Kenedy, Kerr, La Salle, Nacogdoches, Nolan, Potter, San Patricio, Somervell, Tom Green, Travis, Walker, Webb, Wichita, Wilbarger, Zapata

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Chaparral Wildlife Management Area, Ellis Prison Unit, Falcon Reservoir, Horne Ranch, Kenedy Ranch, Lick Creek Park, Matador Wildlife Management Area, Raven Ranch, Somerville Lake, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (March - October); female (March - October)

Habitat.

(crops: cabbage, cotton, peanuts); (grass: grass); (landscape features: under rock); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: acacia area, disturbed habitat, pine woods [%: 79], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woodland, sandy brushland, sandy open prairie, sandy area, under [cow manure, oak], upland woods); (structures: in house, on ground near house)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [f]; pitfall trap [mf] (in sand [m], under oak [f]); swine feces pitfall trap [m]

Type.

Maryland, Baltimore

Etymology.

Greek, silk

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, WTAM

References

Agnew, CW, Dean, DA, Smith, Jr. JW, 1985. Spiders collected from peanuts and non-agricultural habitats in the Texas west cross-timbers. Southwestern Naturalist 30: 1-12. doi: 10.2307/3670651

Bowen, CJ, Horner, NV, Cook, WB, 2004. Pitfall trap survey of gnaphosid spiders from Wichita County of north-central Texas (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77: 181-192. doi: 10.2317/0312.16.1

Breene, RG, Dean, DA, Nyffeler, M, Edwards, GB, 1993c. Biology, predation ecology, and significance of spiders in Texas cotton ecosystems with a key to the species. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 1711, 115 pp.

Brown, KM, 1974. A preliminary checklist of spiders of Nacogdoches, Texas. Journal of Arachnology 1: 229-240.

Calixto, AA, Dean, A, Knutson, A, Ree, B, Harris, MK, 2013. Spiders in pecans in central Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 58: 179-191. doi: 10.1894/0038-4909-58.2.179

Chamberlin, RV, 1922. The North American spiders of the family Gnaphosidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 35: 145-172.

Dean, DA, Sterling, WL, Horner, NV, 1982. Spiders in eastern Texas cotton fields. Journal of Arachnology 10: 251-260.

Henderson, TY, 2007. Diversity, distribution, and abundance of ground dwelling spiders at Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas. MS thesis, College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University.

Irungu, R, 2007. Effects of Spinosad and lambda-cyhalothrin on their targets, cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni, and diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, and on their non-targets, spiders, on cabbage in south Texas. MS thesis, College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University.

Jackman, JA, 1997. A field guide to spiders and scorpions of Texas. Texas Monthly Field Guide Series, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas, 201 pp.

Kaston, BJ, 1953. How to know the spiders, first edition, Dubuque, Iowa, 220 pp.

Platnick, NI, Shadab, MU, 1975a. A revision of the spider genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 155: 1-66.

Roberts, AM, 2001. A survey of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Wildcat Bluff Nature Center in Amarillo, Texas. MS thesis, Canyon, Texas: West Texas A&M University.

Trevino, MC, 2014. The wandering spider guild of Webb County, Texas. MS thesis, Laredo, Texas: Texas A&M International University.

Vogel, BR, 1970b. Bibliography of Texas Spiders. Armadillo Papers 2: 1-36.

Yantis, JH, 2005. Vegetation classification and the efficacy of plant dominance-based classifications in predicting the occurrence of plant and animal species. PhD thesis, College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University.

Young, OP, Edwards, GB, 1990. Spiders in United States field crops and their potential effect on crop pests. Journal of Arachnology 18: 1-27.

Zolnerowich, G, Horner, NV, 1985. Gnaphosid spiders of north-central Texas (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 13: 79-85.