Hibana gracilis (Hentz, 1847)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 29-30

Hibana gracilis (Hentz, 1847)

Hibana gracilis Bradley 2013: 75; Brescovit 1991: 742 [T]; Calixto et al. 2013: 181; Jackman 1997: 106, desc., 161 (photo 30a)

Aysha gracilis (Hentz, 1847); Agnew et al. 1985: 4, 10; Bonnet 1955: 837; Breene 1988: 15, 17, 23-26, 35, 41; Breene et al. 1988: 180-181; Breene et al. 1989: 162; Breene et al. 1993c: 9, 47, 74, mf (figs 65A-C); Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 17; Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6; Dean and Sterling 1990: 402, 405; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Dean et al. 1987: 268; Dean et al. 1988: 287; Dondale and Redner 1982: 167, mf, desc. (figs 307-312); Glick 1957: 5; Jones 1936: 70; Kagan 1942: 55; Kagan 1943: 258; Kaston 1972: 231, desc. (fig. 522); Kaston 1978: 222, desc. (fig. 568); Liao et al. 1984: 410; McDaniel et al. 1981: 104; Nuessly and Sterling 1984: 96; Pamanes-Guerrero 1975: 37, 41, 81; Platnick 1974: 252, mf, desc. (figs 116-117, 140, 143); Vogel 1970b: 5; Young and Edwards 1990: 14

Distribution.

Eastern ½ Texas; Angelina, Archer, Bexar, Brazos, Burleson, Cameron, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Dickens, Duval, Erath, Fannin, Frio, Hidalgo, Houston, Karnes, Kenedy, McLennan, Robertson, Sabine, Stephens, Travis, Walker, Webb, Wichita, Young

Locality.

Adriance Pecan Orchard, Angelina National Forest, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Hoblitzelle Farms, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Sam Houston State Park

Time of activity.

Male (January, March - September); female (March - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts, soybean); (grass: grass, grassland); (landscape features: under rock); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, croton, herbs, miscellaneous vegetation); (soil/woodland: beech-magnolia forest, post oak savanna with pasture, Juniperus ashei , Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia ); (structures: indoors)

Method.

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

Type.

North Carolina and Alabama

Etymology.

Latin, slender

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU