Xysticus texanus Banks, 1904

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 421

Xysticus texanus Banks, 1904

Xysticus texanus Agnew et al. 1985: 5; Banks 1904: 112, f, desc; Banks 1910: 48; Breene et al. 1993c: 31, 80, mf (figs 85A-B); Brown 1974: 239; Calixto et al. 2013: 185; Cokendolpher et al. 1979: 733; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 11, 56 (photo 49); Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Gertsch 1939a: 375, mf, desc. (figs 186-187, 193); Gertsch 1953: 439; Jackman 1997: 126, 170; Petrunkevitch 1911: 441; Roberts 2001: 51; Roewer 1955: 915; Vogel 1970b: 27; Young and Edwards 1990: 25

Distribution.

Archer, Bexar, Brazos, Cameron, Carson, Comanche, Coryell, Dickens, Erath, Hidalgo, Llano, Lubbock, Nacogdoches, Palo Pinto, Potter, San Patricio, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Pantex Lake, Robert J. Baker Ranch, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (April, July - September); female (April - May, July, September)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts, sunflower); (littoral: near playa); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [imm.]); (orchard: pecan); (plants: Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, Catalpa speciosa ); (soil/woodland: clay soil brushland, post oak savanna with pasture, redbud, Albizzia julibrissin ); (structures: garage, indoors, on house)

Method.

Ballooning [imm.]; pitfall trap [m]; suction trap [pen f]; sweeping [f]

Type.

Texas (female, Bexar Co., San Antonio, no date, no collector, holotype, MCZ)

Etymology.

locality (state)

Collection.

JCC, MSU, TAMU, TTU