Walckenaeria spiralis (Emerton, 1882)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 206-207

Walckenaeria spiralis (Emerton, 1882)

Walckenaeria spiralis Agnew et al. 1985: 3; Breene et al. 1993c: 18, 47, 110, mf (figs 176A-B); Buckle et al. 2001: 151; Calixto et al. 2013: 183; Dean and Eger 1986: 141; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6; Dean and Sterling 1990: 402, 404; Henderson 2007: 61, 77, 80, 83; Jackman 1997: 165; Young and Edwards 1990: 19 [ Millidge 1983: 113, mf, desc. (figs 2, 4, 8-9, 14-16, 22-23, 28, 67, 109, 112)]

Distribution.

Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Delta, Erath, Robertson, Tyler, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Big Thicket National Preserve, Ellis Prison Unit, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lick Creek Park

Time of activity.

Male (January, March - November); female (April - September, November - December)

Habitat.

(crops: alfalfa, cotton, peanuts); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush); (soil/woodland: hardwood litter, post oak woodland)

Method.

D-Vac suction [f]; pitfall trap [mf]; suction trap [mf]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

Connecticut, New Haven

Etymology.

Latin, palpal organ very large, tube stiff, coiled in two large spirals

Collection.

MSU, TAMU