Philodromus vulgaris (Hentz, 1847)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 273-274

Philodromus vulgaris (Hentz, 1847)

Philodromus vulgaris Agnew et al. 1985: 8; Bradley 2013: 175; Calixto et al. 2013: 183; Cokendolpher et al. 1979: 728; Dondale 1961: 205, mf, desc. (figs 16-17, 23, 32, 39); Dondale and Redner 1976a: 140, mf (figs 25-28, 63-67); Dondale and Redner 1978b: 55, mf, desc. (figs 135-143); Jackman 1997: 166; Roberts 2001: 50; Vogel 1970b: 27

Distribution.

North-central and central Texas; Brazos, Clay, Dallas, Denton, Erath, Lubbock, Potter, Robertson, Travis, Wichita

Locality.

Holmes Pecan Orchard, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (January - May, November); female (February - June, December)

Habitat.

(grass: grass); (nest/prey: bird nest); (orchard: orchard, peach, pecan, under bark of Prunus persica ); (plants: paradise); (soil/woodland: ash, chinaberry, elm, hackberry, oak, under bark of [ Celtis sp., Fraxinus americana , Salix nigra , Sapindus drummondii , Ulmus crassifolia ], Juniperus ashei , Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana ); (structures: house, wall of house)

Method.

Ballooning; beating [f]; cardboard band [f]; flight intercept trap [m]; light trap; malaise trap [m]; pitfall trap [m]; suction trap [m]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

United States

Etymology.

Latin, common

Collection.

DMNS, JCC, MSU, TAMU