Larinia directa (Hentz, 1847)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 52-53

Larinia directa (Hentz, 1847)

Larinia directa Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Armstrong and Richman 2007: 395; Banks 1894: 8; Breene et al. 1993b: 647; Brown 1974: 232; Dean and Eger 1986: 141; Dean and Sterling 1990: 404; Hoffmaster 1985: 627; Jackman 1997: 79, desc., 161; Knutson et al. 2010: 515; Levi 1975a: 105 [T], mf, desc. (figs 1-12, 31, 34, 37-41); Young and Edwards 1990: 15

Drexelia directa (Hentz, 1847); Woods and Harrel 1976: 43

Distribution.

Southern ½ Texas, west Texas; Archer, Bosque, Brazos, Brewster, Burleson, Cameron, Colorado, Erath, Fayette, Freestone, Goliad, Hidalgo, Hopkins, Howard, Hunt, Jefferson, Kenedy, Nacogdoches, Presidio, San Patricio, Victoria, Walker, Wichita, Willacy

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Ellis Prison Unit, Lacuna Park, Lick Creek Park, Russell Farm, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Somerville Lake, South Padre Island, Welder Wildlife Refuge

Time of activity.

Male (February - August, October, December); female (February - September)

Habitat.

(crops: peanuts, rice, sugarcane); (littoral: dune); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [f]); (orchard: grapefruit, orange); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, vegetation, next to cotton field); (soil/woodland: saltcedar)

Method.

Boll weevil pheromone trap [mf]; moth pheromone trap [f]; suction trap [m]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

South Carolina and Alabama

Etymology.

Latin, straight

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, NMSU, TAMU