Teminius affinis Banks, 1897

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 241

Teminius affinis Banks, 1897

Teminius affinis Banks 1897: 193, f, desc.; Banks 1910: 9; Bradley 2013: 168; Breene et al. 1993c: 20, 47, 82, mf (figs 88A-B); Calixto et al. 2013: 183; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 9, 30 (photo 29); Comstock 1912: 323; Irungu 2007: 31; Jackman 1997: 107, 166; Jones 1936: 69; Platnick and Shadab 1989: 7 [T], mf, desc. (figs 5-8); Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 88; Roewer 1955: 407; Roth 1994: 82; Ubick and Richman 2005c: 174

Syrisca affinis (Banks, 1897); Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Comstock 1940: 586; Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Gertsch 1935b: 11 (figs 31-33); Petrunkevitch 1911: 513; Roth 1982: 13-2; Roth 1985: B-8-1; Vogel 1970b: 6; Young and Edwards 1990: 16

Drassodes sp.; Dean et al. 1982: 255 [misidentified]

Distribution.

Baylor, Bexar, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Cameron, Carson, Clay, Coleman, Colorado, Coryell, Dallas, Erath, Hays, Hidalgo, Houston, Kerr, Limestone, McLennan, Medina, Montague, Robertson, San Patricio, Tom Green, Travis, Walker, Wichita, Williamson

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Camp Bullis, Camp Tonkawa, Ellis Prison Unit, Fort Parker State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Horne Ranch, Laguna Madre, NK Ranch, Pantex Lake, Raven Ranch, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Stiles Farm Foundation, Welder Wildlife Refuge

Caves.

Bexar (Backhole, Banzai Mud Dauber Cave [Camp Bullis], Hornet’s Last Laugh Pit, Power Pole 60 Feature, Strange Little Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (February - August, October); female (March - October, November 20-December 4, December)

Habitat.

(crops: cabbage, cotton, peanuts); (grass: grass, grassland, tall grass); (landscape features: cave, under rock); (littoral: near pond, playa); (orchard: pecan); (plants: Indian paintbrush); (soil/woodland: ground, in log, under oak, post oak savanna with pasture, sandy area, woods); (structures: hall, indoors, in house)

Method.

pitfall trap [mf] (near pond [f], in sand [m], in woods [m], under oak [m])

Type.

Texas (female, Brazos Co., no date, no collector, holotype, MCZ)

Etymology.

Latin, related to Teminius continentalis Keyserling, 1887 = Orodrassus coloradensis (Emerton, 1877)

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, TMM