Xysticus robinsoni Gertsch, 1953

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 420

Xysticus robinsoni Gertsch, 1953

Xysticus robinsoni Agnew et al. 1985: 8; Cokendolpher and Horner 1980: 109, f, desc. (figs 1-3); Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 55; Cokendolpher et al. 1979: 732; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 11, 56 (fig. 16); Gertsch 1953: 441, m, desc. (fig. 46); Jackman 1997: 126, 170; Knutson and Gilstrap 1989: 514; Roewer 1955: 915; Vogel 1967: 157; Vogel 1970b: 27

Xysticus orizaba Banks, 1898; Gertsch 1939a: 378 [Texas record]

Distribution.

Archer, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Brown, Carson, Castro, Coryell, Erath, Fannin, Floyd, Jeff Davis, Lubbock, Montague, Palo Pinto, Taylor, Wichita

Locality.

Fort Hood, Lacuna Park, McDonald Observatory, Pantex Lake

Caves.

Bell (Keilman Cave [Fort Hood])

Time of activity.

Male (February - April, July - August); female (February - June, August)

Habitat.

(crops: corn, cotton, peanuts); (landscape features: cave); (littoral: near playa); (plants: Indian paintbrush, Gaillardia pulchella ); (soil/woodland: edge of woods, ground litter, leaf litter, post oak savanna with pasture); (structures: outside house)

Method.

pitfall trap [mf] (edge of woods [m]); sweeping [mf]

Type.

Texas (male, Brazos Co., February 23, 1935, J. H. Robinson, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

Person (collector)

Collection.

MSU, TAMU, TMM