Talanites exlineae (Platnick & Shadab, 1976)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 162

Talanites exlineae (Platnick & Shadab, 1976)

Talanites exlineae Bradley, 2013: 132; Henderson 2007: 34, 54-59, 62, 76, 79, 83; Jackman 1997: 164; Platnick and Ovtsharenko 1991: 116 [T]; Yantis 2005: 66, 198, 202

Rachodrassus exlineae Platnick & Shadab, 1976; Agnew et al. 1985: 8; Platnick and Shadab 1976b: 7, mf, desc. (figs 9-14)

Distribution.

Angelina, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Coryell, Erath, Gonzalez, Grayson, Grimes, Houston, Kerr, Leon, Madison, Sabine, Smith, Trinity, Tyler, Wichita, Williamson

Locality.

Angelina National Forest, Big Slough Wild Area, Big Thicket National Preserve, Kirby State Forest, Lick Creek Park, Raven Ranch, Stiles Farm Foundation, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Tyler State Park

Time of activity.

Male (April - August); female (March - August, September 27-October 6)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton); (littoral: near pond); (soil/woodland: beech-magnolia litter, disturbed habitat, hardwood bottomland, leaf litter, loblolly pine managed, loblolly pine unmanaged, longleaf pine managed, longleaf pine unmanaged, magnolia litter, pine woods [%: 66, 67, 69, 80, 82, 83, 84, 88, 92, 95], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woods [%: 41, 44, 56, 71, 91, 93, 96], post oak woodland, sandy area, under [juniper, oak], upland woods)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [mf]; berlese funnel [f]; carrion trap [m]; flight intercept trap [m]; flight intercept trap on ground [m]; pitfall trap [mf] (near pond [m], under juniper [m], under oak [m])

Type.

Arkansas, 1.7 mile S Lapile

Etymology.

Person (The specific name is a patronym in honor of the late Harriet Exline, who first recognized the species as new, Platnick and Shadab 1976b).

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU