Metaphidippus chera (Chamberlin, 1924)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 322-323

Metaphidippus chera (Chamberlin, 1924)

Metaphidippus chera Breene et al. 1993c: 23, 48, 72, mf (figs 60A-B); Calixto et al. 2013: 184; Jackman 1997: 167; Knutson et al. 2010: 515; Maddison 1996: 315 [S], mf, desc. (figs 33, 186-187, 233, 257, 514-528); Richman et al. 2011b: 31; Richman et al. 2012a: 31; Richman et al. 2012b: 31

Metaphidippus manni (Peckham and Peckham, 1901); Carpenter 1972: 163; Kaston 1978: 262, desc.; Richman and Cutler 1978: 90 [Texas records]

Metaphidippus sp. cf. manni (Peckham and Peckham, 1901); Agnew et al. 1985: 8; Dean and Sterling 1987: 7 [Texas records]

Distribution.

Western 2/3 Texas; Archer, Baylor, Bexar, Cameron, Clay, Dawson, Erath, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Hidalgo, Howard, Jones, Kerr, Martin, Presidio, Reagan, Robertson, Runnels, Scurry, Terry, Wichita, Winkler

Locality.

Anzalduas County Park, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lake Thomas, McKelvey Park, Medicine Mounds Ranch, Ramsey Nature Park

Time of activity.

Male (January - October); female (March - May, July - October)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, sunflower); (grass: grasses, grassland, meadow); (orchard: pecan); (plants: low annuals and weeds, vegetation, Baccharis ); (soil/woodland: desert brushland, mesquite, mesquite brush, mesquite brushland, saltcedar, on tree, trees/shrubs, under bark, willow)

Method.

Beating [m]; cardboard band [m]; suction trap

Type.

Mexico, Baja California, San Jose Island

Etymology.

Greek, widow

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, WTAM