Misumenoides formosipes (Walckenaer, 1837)
Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 407-408
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Misumenoides formosipes (Walckenaer, 1837) |
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Misumenoides formosipes (Walckenaer, 1837)
Misumenoides formosipes Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Breene et al. 1993c: 29, 48, 78, mf (figs 77A-C); Cokendolpher et al. 1979: 730; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 11, 68; Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Dean et al. 1988: 287; Jackman 1997: 124, desc., 169 (photo 40b); Knutson et al. 2010: 516; Liao et al. 1984: 410; Nuessly and Sterling 1984: 97; Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 2; Platnick 1993: 711 [S]; Rapp 1984: 8; Rogers and Horner 1977: 523; Rydzak and Killebrew 1982: 7; Taber and Fleenor 2003: 241; Wilson and Pitts 2007: 226; Young and Edwards 1990: 24
Misumenoides aleatorius (Hentz, 1847); Gertsch 1939a: 309, mf, desc. (figs 5-6, 28-29, 40-41, 87, 94-95); Kagan 1942: 53; Kagan 1943: 258
Distribution.
Anderson, Bastrop, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Burleson/Lee, Carson, Collin (imm.), Colorado, Culberson, Erath (imm.), Galveston, Gillespie, Hidalgo, Houston (imm.), Howard, Knox, Limestone, Marion (imm.), McLennan, Orange, Palo Pinto, Presidio, San Patricio (imm.), Scurry, Smith, Travis, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Ward, Wichita
Locality.
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Ellis Prison Unit, Galveston Island State Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Lake Thomas, Lick Creek Park, Monahans Sandhills State Park, Nash Prairie, Welder Wildlife Refuge
Time of activity.
Male (May - June, August - September); female (May - November)
Habitat.
(crops: cotton, guar, Helianthus annuus , peanuts); (grass: grassland, pasture, grassy and shrub area); (littoral: salt marsh area); (plants: bluebonnets, croton, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, vegetation, Euphorbia sp., Monarda citriodora , Prionopsis ciliata ); (soil/woodland: hackberry matte, post oak savanna, post oak savanna with pasture, saltcedar, sandy area, trees/shrubs, willow, Prosopis grandulosa )
Method.
Beating [pen m]; boll weevil pheromone trap [imm.]; light trap [f]; pitfall trap [m]; suction trap [imm.]; sweeping [mf]
Eggs/spiderlings.
Brazos [195, 199 eggs]; Walker [eggsac laid October 9, 1978, hatch November 2, 304 spiderlings, 215 unhatched eggs] [TAMU]
Type.
Georgia
Etymology.
Latin, referring to beautiful
Collection.
DMNS, MSU, NMSU, TAMU
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