Wamba crispulus (Simon, 1895)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 400

Wamba crispulus (Simon, 1895)

Wamba crispulus Calixto et al. 2013: 185; Levi 2005c: 240, 243; Wunderlich 1995b: 611 [T]

Theridion crispulum Simon, 1895; Agnew et al. 1985: 3; Breene et al. 1993a: 169; Breene et al. 1993c: 28, 48, 61, mf (figs 33A-C); Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 17; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6; Dean and Sterling 1990: 401, 404; Dean et al. 1988: 286; Levi 1959b: 113 [S]; Levi and Randolph 1975: 43; Li 1990: 137, 142, 144; Vogel 1970b: 25; Young and Edwards 1990: 24

Theridion crispulus Simon, 1895; Jackman 1997: 169

Theridion intervallatum Emerton, 1915; Levi 1957a: 64, 117, mf, desc. (figs 222-224, 229-231); Vogel 1970b: 25

Theridion realisticum Gertsch and Mulaik, 1936; Gertsch and Mulaik 1936b: 11, mf, desc. (figs 23-24); Roewer 1942: 505

Theridium realisticum Gertsch and Mulaik, 1936; Bonnet 1959: 4518

Distribution.

South, southeast and north Texas; Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Cameron, Comanche, Dallas, Erath, Harris, Hidalgo, Houston, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Liberty, Marion, Nueces, Red River, Robertson, Starr, Sutton, Travis, Uvalde, Walker

Locality.

Adriance Pecan Orchard, Bastrop State Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Frontera Audubon, Garner State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lick Creek Park, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Time of activity.

Male (January - October, December); female (February - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts); (littoral: sandy area); (orchard: citrus, grapefruit, orange, pecan, sour orange, tangerine, Valley lemon); (soil/woodland: juniper, palm forest margin [resaca bank], post oak savanna, sedge meadow, trees, trees/shrubs, Juniperus ashei , Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia )

Method.

Beating [mf]; cardboard band [mf]; D-Vac suction [m]; fogging [mf]; pitfall trap [mf]; suction trap [mf]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

Venezuela

Etymology.

Latin, to curl

Collection.

MSU, TAMU