Talanites captiosus (Gertsch & Davis, 1936)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 161

Talanites captiosus (Gertsch & Davis, 1936)

Talanites captiosus Breene et al. 1993c: 16, 47, 88, mf (figs 110A-B); Jackman 1997: 164; Platnick and Ovtsharenko 1991: 116 [T]

Drassyllochemmis captiosus Gertsch and Davis, 1936; Bonnet 1956: 1601; Comstock 1940: 591; Gertsch and Davis 1936: 17, m, desc. (fig. 34); Roewer 1955: 620; Vogel 1970b: 6

Rachodrassus captiosus (Gertsch and Davis, 1936); Platnick and Shadab 1976b: 8 [T], mf, desc. (figs 15-18); Zolnerowich and Horner 1985: 83

Distribution.

Angelina, Burleson, Cameron, Coleman, Coryell, Houston, San Patricio, Wichita, Williamson

Locality.

Horne Ranch, La Gringa Resaca, Stiles Farm Foundation

Time of activity.

Male (May - September); female (July - September)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton); (objects: under [railroad tie, wood]); (soil/woodland: loblolly pine unmanaged, post oak savanna with pasture)

Method.

pitfall trap [m]

Type.

Texas (male, Cameron Co., May 1-2, 1936, L. I. Davis, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

Latin, deception

Collection.

MSU, TAMU