Oxyopes salticus Hentz, 1845

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 259-261

Oxyopes salticus Hentz, 1845

Oxyopes salticus Agnew et al. 1982: 631; Agnew et al. 1985: 4, 10; Bonnet 1958: 3240; Brady 1964: 478, mf, desc. (figs 80-86, 91-96, 104-105); Breene 1988: 15, 17, 23-26, 35-37, 39-41, 44, 47, 49; Breene et al. 1988: 180-181; Breene et al. 1989: 162; Breene et al. 1993c: 21, 48, 92, mf (figs 122A-C); Brown 1974: 235; Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 17; Calixto et al. 2013: 183, 189-190; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 10, 30; Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Dean and Sterling 1985: 117; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6; Dean and Sterling 1990: 402, 405; Dean and Sterling 1992: 3 -4; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Dean et al. 1987: 268; Dean et al. 1988: 285, 287; Glick and Noble 1961: 7; Henderson 2007: 52, 78, 81, 84; Jackman 1997: 103, desc., 166 (photo 29c); Jones 1936: 69; Kagan 1942: 41; Kagan 1943: 258; Marx 1890: 567; McDaniel et al. 1981: 104; Nuessly and Sterling 1984: 97; Nyffeler and Sterling 1994: 1295, 1298; Nyffeler et al. 1987a: 356-357; Nyffeler et al. 1987b: 1114; Nyffeler et al. 1988a: 55; Nyffeler et al. 1992a: 1181; Nyffeler et al. 1992b: 1459-1460; Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 2; Pamanes-Guerrero 1975: 16, 34, 37, 41, 59, 63, 78, 81; Rapp 1984: 6; Roberts 2001: 49; Rogers and Horner 1977: 523; Sterling et al. 1979: 979; Vincent and Frankie 1985: 380; Vogel 1970b: 16; Woods and Harrel 1976: 43; Young and Edwards 1990: 20

Distribution.

Widespread; Anderson, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, Briscoe, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Cameron, Camp, Carson, Cass, Cherokee, Collin, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crosby, Dallas, Delta, Denton, DeWitt, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fayette, Floyd, Fort Bend, Franklin, Frio, Gaines, Galveston, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Grimes, Hale, Harris, Hays, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hockley, Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Hudspeth, Jasper, Jefferson, Jim Wells, Kaufman, Kendall, Kenedy, Kerr, Knox, Lamar, Lampasas, Liberty, Llano, Lubbock, Madison, Martin, McLennan, McMullen, Mills, Mitchell, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Nueces, Panola, Pecos, Potter, Rains, Reeves, Robertson, San Patricio, Shelby, Somervell, Starr, Taylor, Terry, Titus, Tom Green, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Wharton, Wichita, Willacy, Williamson, Wise, Wood

Locality.

5-Eagle Ranch, Adriance Pecan Orchard, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bastrop State Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Browning Ranch, Ellis Prison Unit, Falcon State Park, Galveston Island State Park, Garner State Park, Goliad State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Jones State Forest, Kenedy Ranch, Lacuna Park, Lake Normangee, Lick Creek Park, Nash Prairie, Palmetto State Park, Pantex Lake, Seminole Canyon State Park, Stiles Farm Foundation, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (March - October); female (February - November)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, guar, peanuts, rice); (grass: grass, grassland, grasses and weeds, grassy and shrub area, pasture); (littoral: near playa, salt marsh area, sand dune area); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [f]); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, in bush near house, clover, croton, cutleaf evening primrose, emergent vegetation, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, roadside vegetation, vegetation, Aphanostephus sp., Coreopsis sp., Dalea sp., Eleocharis sp., Hedeoma sp., Monarda citriodora , Rudbeckia sp.); (soil/woodland: brush, hackberry matte, live oak, post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woodland, savanna, trees/shrubs, under oak, Juniperus ashei , Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana ); (structures: around house, on folded sail of boat, in lab)

Method.

Beating/sweeping [m]; boll weevil pheromone trap [mf]; cardboard band [imm.]; D-Vac suction [mf]; fogging [mf]; pitfall trap [mf] (under oak [mf]); ramp trap [mf]; suction trap [m]; sweeping [mf]; tile trap [mf]; yellow pan trap [mf]

Type.

North Carolina and Alabama

Etymology.

Latin, jumping

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU