Phidippus pius Scheffer, 1905

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 343

Phidippus pius Scheffer, 1905

Phidippus pius Agnew et al. 1985: 5; Carpenter 1972: 162; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 10, 50 (photo 34); Dean and Eger 1986: 143; Dean et al. 1988: 287; Edwards 2004: 58, mf, desc. (figs C43-44, 174-178); Jackman 1997: 168; Knutson et al. 2010: 515; Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 3; Richman et al. 2011b: 59; Richman et al. 2012a: 58; Richman et al. 2012b: 58; Young and Edwards 1990: 22

Distribution.

Archer, Brazos, Burleson (imm.), Carson, Comal, Erath (imm.), Fannin, Grayson, Grimes, Houston, Howard, Kleberg, Montague, Randall, Sutton, Travis (imm.), Uvalde (imm.), Webb, Wichita

Locality.

Garner State Park, Nance Ranch, Pantex Plant

Time of activity.

Male (April, July); female (September)

Habitat.

(crops: peanuts); (grass: grass, pasture); (littoral: near playa); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, Monarda citriodora ); (soil/woodland: bush, saltcedar, Quercus virginianus , Ulmus crassifolia )

Method.

pitfall trap; sweeping [m]

Type.

Kansas, Manhattan

Etymology.

Latin, dutiful, holy, godly, devoted

Collection.

MSU, NMSU, TAMU, WTAM