Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 274-275

Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757)

Thanatus formicinus Agnew et al. 1985: 5, 11; Breene et al. 1993c: 22, 48, 77, mf (figs 73A-C); Calixto et al. 2013: 183; Cokendolpher et al. 1979: 729; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 10, 48; Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Dondale and Redner 1978b: 113, mf, desc. (figs 62, 69, 364-369); Dondale et al. 1964: 644, mf, desc. (figs 28-30, 35-37); Jackman 1997: 166; Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 2; Rydzak and Killebrew 1982: 7; Vogel 1970b: 27; Young and Edwards 1990: 21

Distribution.

Bexar, Brazos, Burleson, Carson, Clay, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Culberson, Erath, Hays, Kerr, Palo Pinto, Smith, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Pantex Lake

Time of activity.

Male (March 29-April 5, April - August, November - December); female (March - August)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts); (grass: grass, grassland); (littoral: near playa); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, Monarda citriodora ); (soil/woodland: ground, post oak savanna with pasture, sandy area)

Method.

pitfall trap [m] (in sand [m]); sweeping [f]

Type.

Sweden

Etymology.

Latin, relating to ants

Collection.

MSU, TAMU