Catalogue of Texas spiders
Author
Dean, David Allen
Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
a-dean-ento@tamu.edu
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Metepeira comanche Levi, 1977
Metepeira comanche
Jackman 1997
: 161;
Knutson et al. 2010
: 515;
Levi 1977b
: 204, mf, desc. (figs 61-69);
Piel 2001
: 62, mf, desc. (figs 185-191)
Metepeira
n. sp.;
Rogers and Horner 1977
: 523
Distribution.
Widespread; Andrews, Archer, Bastrop, Baylor, Borden, Brewster, Collin, Crane, Gaines, Garza, Haskell, Howard, Jim Wells, Jones, Kent, Kimble, Kinney, Motley, Nacogdoches, Reagan, Taylor, Upton, Val Verde, Ward, Webb, Wichita
Locality.
Seminole Canyon State Park
Time of activity.
Male (February, April - July); female (February, May - July, September - November)
Habitat.
(crops: guar); (grass: grass); (plants: miscellaneous vegetation); (soil/woodland: juniper, saltcedar, tree, trees/shrubs); (web: in web)
Method.
Beating [mf]; sweeping [mf]
Type.
Texas (male, Haskell Co., 9.7 km W
O'Brien
, February 3, 1971, C. E. Rogers, holotype, MCZ)
Etymology.
Indian tribe (The name is a noun in apposition after the Indian tribe of the Texas plains,
Levi 1977b
).
Collection.
DMNS, MCZ, MSU, NMSU, TAMU
Note.
Levi 1977 lists Wells Co. but it is Jim Wells Co.