Modisimus texanus Banks, 1906

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 279-280

Modisimus texanus Banks, 1906

Modisimus texanus Banks 1906: 94, f, desc.; Banks 1910: 7; Bonnet 1957: 2970; Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 53; Comstock 1912: 327; Comstock 1940: 341, desc.; Gertsch and Mulaik 1940: 321; Huber 1998: 58, mf, desc. (figs 182-191); Jackman 1997: 166; Petrunkevitch 1911: 160; Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 91; Roewer 1942: 338; Roth 1994: 145; Vogel 1970b: 16

Distribution.

Bandera, Bell, Bexar, Cameron, Comal, Hays, Hidalgo, Kendall, Llano, Mason, Nueces, Robertson, San Saba, Starr, Travis, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata

Locality.

Fort Hood, Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary

Caves.

Bell ([all Fort Hood] Sledgehammer Cave, Viper Den Cave); Bexar (Boneyard Pit, Bullis Hole, Linda’s First Cave, NBC Cave, Niche Cave, Obvious Little Cave, Poison Ivy Pit, Record Fire 1 Cave, World Newt Cave, Wurzbach Bat Cave); Comal ( Bender’s Cave, Brehmmer Cave, Just Now Cave, Klar’s Cave); Hays (Donaldson Cave); Kendall ( Pfeiffer’s Water Cave); Llano (Enchanted Rock Cave); San Saba (Cobweb Fissure); Travis (Deer Stand Cave, Dobie Shelter, New Comanche Trail Cave, Rockpile Cave); Uvalde (Moss Pit Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (January - July, September - November); female (January - September, November - December)

Habitat.

(landscape features: cave); (soil/woodland: ebony-guayacan association, palm forest)

Method.

Flight intercept trap on ground [m]

Type.

Texas (female, Travis Co., Austin, March, J. H. Comstock, holotype)

Etymology.

locality (state)

Collection.

DMNS, TAMU, TMM