Orthonops lapanus Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 68

Orthonops lapanus Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940

Orthonops lapanus Broussard and Horner 2006: 253; Gertsch and Mulaik 1940: 324, mf, desc. (fig. 16); Jackman 1997: 161; Platnick 1995: 15, mf, desc. (figs 36-38); Richman et al. 2011a: 46; Vogel 1967: 32; Vogel 1970b: 5

Orthonops gertschi Chamberlin, 1928; Gertsch 1935a: 31; Roewer 1942: 316; Vogel 1970b: 5 [Texas records]

Distribution.

Brewster, Hays, Hidalgo, Kerr, Presidio, Starr, Travis, Webb

Locality.

Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Chihuahuan desert, Chisos Basin, Chisos Mountains, Dalquest Research Site, La Mesa Ranch, Raven Ranch

Caves.

Travis (Dobie Shelter)

Time of activity.

Male (January, June, August - November); female (January - February, May - June, August - December)

Habitat.

(landscape features: under rock); (soil/woodland: Juniperus managed plot, leaf litter, upland deciduous forest)

Method.

Flight intercept trap on ground [mf]; pitfall trap [mf]

Type.

Texas (male, Starr Co., 3 miles E Rio Grande City, January 21, 1939, S. Mulaik, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

Latin, with shorter legs

Collection.

MSU, NMSU, TAMU, TMM