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Fayette County, Texas (I Sep. 1989; D. Ubick, S.Fend, S. Renkes), deposited in AMNH.Etymology.-The specific name is a patronym inhonor of Mr. Steven Fend, one of the collectors ofthe holotype.Description.-Total body length, 1.59-2.00.Scute length, 1.21-1.41. Leg 11 length, 3.28-3.69.Leg II1Scute length, 2.54-2.71. (N=9)Color brownish orange. Body moderately rugose;tubercles small and sparse on eye mound andpars thoracica, large and dense on tergite margins(both free and fused), sternite margins, and coxae.Carapace with 2-4 pairs of AT. Eye mound broadlyconical, eyes well developed. Palpal megaspines:trochanter, I ventral; femur, I mesoapical; patella,2 mesal; tibia, 3 mesal. Tarsal count: 3-5-5-5.Male (holotype): Total body length, 1.72. Scutelength, 1.38; width, 1.36. Eye mound length, 0.33;width, 0.36. Leg II length, 3.62. TrIV spurlength, 0.10. POP absent.Penis (Figs. 186-191): VPP apically pointed,dorsal margin expanded; with 0 dorsal, 17 lateral,and 9 ventral setae; AS long, straight, apicallypolyfurcate. Glans: BK absent; ML broad, rounded;PSL attenuated. S long, tube-like, lackingventral modifications; BF present; SA representedby a pair of long prongs originating basoventrallyon the S.Female (paratopotype): Total body length, 1.92.Scute length, 1.36; width, 1.38. Eye mound length,0.33; width, 0.33. Leg II length, 3.67. TrIV withone or two ventral tubercles. GO with 1 pair ofapical tubercles.Ovipositor (Figs. 194-197): cuticle intricatelyfolded; dorsal and ventral surfaces with tiny serrations;1 pair of apical teeth present; setal pattern: Ipair dorsal, 4 pairs lateral, I pair ventral.Natural History.-The type locality is a pineforest with oaks. At the time of the collection thesurface conditions were somewhat xeric. The specimenswere collected beneath imbedded limestoneboulders; one specimen was on the rock undersurface,the others in the loose sandy soil immediatelybelow the rocks. The harvestmen occurred roughly0.2-0.3 m below the surface of the ground, in cooland relatively mesic conditions.Other Material Examined (Paratypes).- UNIT­ED STATES: Texas: Fayette Co.: 11 mi N LaGrange, 18 July 1966 (J. and W. Ivie, AMNH,CAS), 3 males, 2 females; 9 mi N La Grange, 1Sep. 1989 (D. Ubick, S. Fend, and S. Renkes,COD), I male, 2 females.Figs. 182-183.-Texella spinoperca, new species, female paratopotype: 182, ovipositor, lateral view; 183, ovipositor and genitaloperculum, apical view.234