Varacosa shenandoa (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 237

Varacosa shenandoa (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942)

Varacosa shenandoa Dondale and Redner 1990: 94, mf, desc. (figs 113-117); Jackman 1997: 165; Jiménez and Dondale 1988: 172 [T]

Trochosa shenandoa Chamberlin and Ivie, 1942; Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Brady 1980: 200, mf, desc. (figs 5, 17-18, 22-25, 34-35, 41-43); Breene et al. 1993b: 647; Young and Edwards 1990: 20

Distribution.

Aransas, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Cameron, Collin, Comanche, Coryell, Denton, Erath, Gonzales, Grayson, Hidalgo, Jasper, Jim Wells, Kendall, Kerr, Kleberg, Refugio, San Patricio, San Saba, Shelby, Travis, Victoria, Wichita, Wilbarger

Locality.

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park

Time of activity.

Male (January - February, June, October - December); female (January - February, April - June, September - December)

Habitat.

(crops: peanuts, sugarcane); (grass: grass); (soil/woodland: edge of woods, leaf litter, post oak savanna with pasture, sandy area)

Method.

pitfall trap [mf] (edge of woods [f], in sand [f])

Type.

Virginia, Shenandoah National Park

Etymology.

locality (national park)

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU