Xysticus ferox (Hentz, 1847)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 415

Xysticus ferox (Hentz, 1847)

Xysticus ferox Agnew et al. 1985: 8, 11; Bradley 2013: 243; Calixto et al. 2013: 185; Cokendolpher et al. 1979: 732; Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Dondale and Redner 1978b: 212, mf, desc. (figs 640-644); Gertsch 1953: 446; Henderson 2007: 54, 78, 81, 85; Jackman 1997: 126, 170 (photo 40f); Kaston 1972: 244, desc. (fig. 555); Kaston 1978: 234, desc. (fig. 600); Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 94; Roberts 2001: 51; Turnbull et al. 1965: 1251; Vogel 1970b: 27; Yantis 2005: 67, 199, 202 [ Gertsch 1939a: 385 [S], mf, desc. (figs 212-213, 225, 233)]

Xysticus transversatus Walckenaer, 1837; Rydzak and Killebrew 1982: 7

Xysticus stomachosus Keyserling, 1880; Jones 1936: 69

Distribution.

Anderson, Angelina, Bandera, Bastrop, Baylor, Bexar, Brazos, Burleson, Coryell, Dallas, Erath, Fort Bend, Goliad, Hays, Hood, Houston, Kerr, Leon, Madison, Montague, Potter, Robertson, San Patricio, Smith, Travis, Trinity, Uvalde, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Angelina National Forest, Brazos Bend State Park, Goliad State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lick Creek Park, Lost Maples State Park, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Caves.

Bexar (Cave of the Bearded Tree)

Time of activity.

Male (January, March - May, August, October, December); female (March - August)

Habitat.

(landscape features: cave); (littoral: sedge meadow); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush); (soil/woodland: buckeye-sycamore forest, disturbed habitat, edge of woods, field border, hardwood bottomland, Juniperus managed plot, leaf litter, live oak woodland, old field, pine woods [%: 66, 67, 80, 83, 84, 85, 95, 97, 99], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woods [%: 41, 56, 77, 82, 92, 94, 96], riparian woodland, sandy area, under [juniper, oak], upland woods, woods); (structures: on bedroom floor, dark corner in house, in garage)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [mf]; blue pan trap [f]; cardboard band [f]; carrion pitfall trap [mf]; flight intercept trap [mf]; flight intercept trap elevated [f]; flight intercept trap on ground [mf]; pitfall trap [mf] (edge of woods [f], in leaves [mf], in woods [mf], under juniper [f], under oak [f]); ramp trap [f]; tile trap [f]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

United States

Etymology.

Latin, fierce

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, TMM