Ceraticelus similis (Banks, 1892)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 188

Ceraticelus similis (Banks, 1892)

Ceraticelus similis Calixto et al. 2013: 182; Rogers and Horner 1977: 523; Young and Edwards 1990: 18 [ Crosby and Bishop 1925: 42, mf, desc. (figs 98-102)]

Ceraticelus spp.; Dean and Eger 1986: 141 [part]

Ceraticelus sp. B; Agnew et al. 1985: 3 [part]; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6 [part]; Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 2; Young and Edwards 1990: 18 [sp. not sp. B]

Distribution.

North-central and south Texas; Brazos, Burleson, Cameron, Collin, Colorado, Delta, Erath, Fort Bend, Hidalgo, Kaufman, Nueces, Robertson, Walker, Wharton, Williamson

Locality.

5-Eagle Ranch, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Ellis Prison Unit, Holmes Pecan Orchard, NK Ranch, Stiles Farm Foundation

Time of activity.

Male (February - September, November - December); female (January - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, guar, peanuts); (grass: grass); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, Monarda citriodora )

Method.

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

Type.

New York, Ithaca, South Hill, Six Mile Creek

Etymology.

Latin, similar to another species

Collection.

TAMU