Lathys delicatula (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 121

Lathys delicatula (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936)

Lathys delicatula Chamberlin and Gertsch 1958: 31 [T], mf, desc. (pl. 7, figs 5-9); Gertsch 1946a: 3, f (fig. 14); Jackman 1997: 163; Roewer 1955: 1329; Vogel 1970b: 8

Scotolathys delicatulus Gertsch and Mulaik, 1936; Gertsch and Mulaik 1936a: 4, f, desc. (fig. 4) [see note below]; Gertsch and Mulaik 1940: 326

Scotolathys delicatula Gertsch and Mulaik, 1936; Bonnet 1958: 3963

Distribution.

Widespread; Brazos, Brewster, Burleson, Cameron, Collin, Coryell, Gonzalez, Hidalgo, Houston, Hunt, Jeff Davis, Sabine, San Augustine, Smith, Tyler, Wichita, Zapata

Locality.

Big Bend National Park, Big Slough Wild Area, Big Thicket National Preserve, Chisos Basin, Chisos Mountains, Laguna Madre, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Tyler State Park

Time of activity.

Male (January - March, May, August - October, October 30-November 6, December); female (January - December)

Habitat.

(grass: grass); (nest/prey: nest of Neotoma micropus [mf]); (soil/woodland: beech-magnolia litter, leaf litter, mixed hardwood litter, post oak savanna with pasture)

Method.

Berlese funnel [mf]; pitfall trap [mf]

Type.

Texas (female, Cameron Co., 15 miles SW Harlingen, November 18, 1934, S. Mulaik, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

Latin, dainty

Collection.

DMNS, TAMU

Note.

32 miles E Laredo should be 32 miles SE Laredo in Zapata Co. based on other records from this date.