Phidippus texanus Banks, 1906

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 344-345

Phidippus texanus Banks, 1906

Phidippus texanus Agnew et al. 1985: 5; Banks 1906: 98, f, desc.; Banks 1910: 65; Breene et al. 1993c: 24, 48, 71, mf (figs 57A-C); Carpenter 1972: 162; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 10, 50 (fig. 12, photo 35); Dean and Eger 1986: 143; Dean and Sterling 1987: 7; Edwards 2004: 93 [S, T], mf, desc. (figs C59, 328-333); Hunter 1988: 18-20; Jackman 1997: 168; Kagan 1942: 62; Kagan 1943: 258; Kaston 1972: 268, desc. (fig. 606); Kaston 1978: 256, desc. (fig. 655); Knutson et al. 2010: 515; Peckham and Peckham 1909: 437; Reddell 1970: 407; Richman and Cutler 1978: 97; Richman et al. 2011b: 61; Richman et al. 2012a: 61; Richman et al. 2012b: 61; Roberts 2001: 51; Tugmon et al. 1990: 44; Vogel 1970b: 19; Young and Edwards 1990: 22

Dendryphantes texanus (Banks, 1906); Petrunkevitch 1911: 642; Roewer 1955: 1216

Phidippus peritus Gertsch, 1934; Bonnet 1958: 3525; Gertsch 1934d: 14, m, desc. (fig. 18); Vogel 1970b: 19

Dendryphantes peritus (Gertsch, 1934); Roewer 1955: 1214

Distribution.

Archer, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Baylor, Bexar, Borden, Brazos, Brown, Burnet, Cameron, Carson, Clay, Coleman, Comanche, Coryell, Cottle, Crockett, Crosby, Dallas, DeWitt, Denton, Dickens, Duval, Eastland, Ector, Ellis, Erath, Foard, Garza, Gillespie, Grayson, Hall, Hemphill, Hidalgo, Hood, Howard, Jim Wells, Jones, Kerr, King, Kleberg, La Salle, Lampasas, Lipscomb, Live Oak, McLennan, Midland, Montague, Nolan, Nueces, Parker, Pecos, Potter, Randall, Reagan, Starr, Tarrant, Terrell, Tom Green, Travis, Val Verde, Webb, Wharton, Wheeler, Wichita, Williamson, Young

Locality.

Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Horne Ranch, Lake Meredith, Matador Wildlife Management Area, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Caves.

Williamson (Inner Space Caverns)

Time of activity.

Male (March, May - August, November); female (March, May - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts); (grass: grassland); (landscape features: cave); (littoral: near playa); (orchard: pecan); (plants: cactus, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, vegetation, weed, yucca); (soil/woodland: ground, mesquite, post oak savanna with pasture, saltcedar, trees/shrubs)

Method.

Beating [m]; pitfall trap [mf]; sweeping [mf]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Erath [15 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

Texas (female, Brazos Co., September, no collector)

Etymology.

locality (Latin adjective derived from geographic name, the state of Texas, Banks 1906).

Collection.

DMNS, MCZ, MSU, TAMU, TMM, WTAM