Pardosa mercurialis Montgomery, 1904

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 221

Pardosa mercurialis Montgomery, 1904

Pardosa mercurialis Agnew et al. 1985: 4, 10; Banks 1910: 59; Barnes 1959: 5 [S], mf, desc. (figs 11-15); Gertsch 1934a: 19 [includes most of the previous records of lapidicina ]; Jackman 1997: 165; Jones 1936: 69; Montgomery 1904: 270, mf, desc. (pl. 19, figs 20-21); Pritchett 1904b: 860; Roberts 2001: 49; Roewer 1955: 189; Vogel 1970b: 13; Vogel 2004: 71, mf, desc. (figs 35, 41); Young and Edwards 1990: 19

Pardosa lapidicina Emerton, 1885; Chamberlin 1908: 195; Petrunkevitch 1911: 571 [Texas records]

Pardosa texana Banks, 1904; Banks 1904: 115, f, desc.; Banks 1910: 60

Distribution.

Widespread; Brazos, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Erath, Hardeman, Jack, Kerr, Montague, Palo Pinto, Potter, San Patricio, Travis, Webb, Wichita, Williamson, Zapata

Locality.

Proctor Lake, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (April - August); female (March - August, October - November)

Habitat.

(crops: peanuts); (soil/woodland: post oak savanna with pasture, sandy area); (structures: greenhouse)

Method.

pitfall trap [mf]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Erath [51, 92 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

Texas (male, Travis Co., Austin, no date, no collector, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

of Mercury, mercurial

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU