Theridion positivum Chamberlin, 1924

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 397

Theridion positivum Chamberlin, 1924

Theridion positivum Calixto et al. 2013: 185; Dean and Sterling 1990: 401; Jackman 1997: 169; Levi 1957a: 68 [S], 117, mf, desc. (figs 237-239, 243-246); Levi 1959b: 114; Levi 1963c: 565; Levi 2005c: 240; Levi and Randolph 1975: 45; Vogel 1970b: 25

Theridion detractum Gertsch and Mulaik, 1936; Gertsch and Mulaik 1936b: 14, f, desc. (fig. 27); Roewer 1942: 502

Theridium detractum Gertsch and Mulaik, 1936; Bonnet 1959: 4468

Distribution.

Brazos, Burleson, Cameron, Edwards, Hidalgo, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Medina, Robertson, Starr, Travis, Uvalde, Zapata

Locality.

Frontera Audubon, Garner State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Vinson Pecan Farm

Time of activity.

Male (April, June - October); female (July - November)

Habitat.

(orchard: grapefruit, Mexican lime, orange, pecan, sour orange, tangerine); (soil/woodland: post oak savanna with pasture, Ulmus crassifolia )

Method.

cardboard band [mf]; fogging [m]; pitfall trap [m]; suction trap [m]; sweeping [m]

Type.

Mexico, Gulf of California, Pond Island

Etymology.

Latin, positive

Collection.

TAMU