Zorocrates aemulus Gertsch, 1935

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 430

Zorocrates aemulus Gertsch, 1935

Zorocrates aemulus Bonnet 1959: 4990; Comstock 1940: 302, desc.; Gertsch 1935a: 23, mf, desc. (figs 31-32) [see note below]; Jackman 1997: 168; Platnick and Ubick 2007: 38, mf, desc. (figs 103-107); Reddell 1965: 177; Roewer 1955: 1284; Vogel 1970b: 28

Distribution.

Hidalgo, Kerr, Starr, Uvalde, Val Verde, Wichita, Zapata

Locality.

Raven Ranch

Caves.

Uvalde (Burial Cave); Val Verde (Wren Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (January - February, April - May, November); female (January, August, October - November)

Habitat.

(landscape features: cave, under rock); (soil/woodland: woods); (structures: brick yard)

Method.

pitfall trap [m] (in woods [m])

Type.

Texas (male, Starr Co., 0.5 mile E Rio Grande City, November 11, 1934, S. Mulaik, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

Latin, emulating or rivaling

Collection.

TAMU, TMM

Note.

32 miles E Laredo should be 32 miles SE Laredo in Zapata Co. based on other records from this date.