Haplodrassus signifer (C. L. Koch, 1839)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 146-147

Haplodrassus signifer (C. L. Koch, 1839)

Haplodrassus signifer Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Bowen et al. 2004: 189; Jackman 1997: 163; Platnick and Shadab 1975b: 11, mf, desc. (figs 11-22); Roberts 2001: 50; Young and Edwards 1990: 17; Zolnerowich and Horner 1985: 82

Distribution.

Baylor, Brown, Coryell, Erath, Hardeman, Hutchinson, Kerr, McLennan, Potter, Tom Green, Travis, Wichita

Locality.

Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Medicine Mounds Ranch, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (February - May, September); female (February - May)

Habitat.

(crops: peanuts); (landscape features: under [rock, stone]); (littoral: near pond); (soil/woodland: edge of woods, post oak savanna with pasture, under juniper, upland deciduous forest)

Method.

Flight intercept trap [m]; pitfall trap [mf] (border/edge of woods [mf], near pond [f], under juniper [m])

Eggs/spiderlings.

Wichita [232 second instar, 50 first instar spiderlings; 94 first instar, 24 eggs; 60 second instar, 26 first instar] [ Zolnerowich and Horner 1985: 82]

Type.

Czechoslovakia, Bohemia, near Karlsbad

Etymology.

Latin, a sign

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, WTAM