Catalogue of Texas spiders
Author
Dean, David Allen
Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
a-dean-ento@tamu.edu
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ZooKeys
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.570.6095
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.570.6095
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Theridion murarium Emerton, 1882
Theridion murarium
Agnew et al. 1985
: 3;
Breene et al. 1993c
: 28, 48, 61, mf (figs 32A-C);
Bumroongsook et al. 1992
: 17;
Calixto et al. 2013
: 185; Dean and Eger
1986
: 141;
Dean and Sterling 1990
: 401, 404;
Dean et al. 1982
: 254;
Dean et al. 1988
: 286;
Jackman 1997
: 60, desc., 169;
Kagan 1942
: 16;
Kagan 1943
: 258;
Levi 1957a
: 22, 113, mf, desc. (figs 12, 57-58, 61-63);
Li 1990
: 137, 142, 144;
Vincent and Frankie 1985
: 380;
Vogel 1970b
: 25;
Young and Edwards 1990
: 24
Distribution.
Widespread; Angelina, Archer, Bandera, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Cameron, Coke, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Crockett, Dallas, Eastland, Edwards, Erath, Falls, Gaines, Gillespie, Hall, Hidalgo, Houston, Kerr, Kimble, Lamar, Liberty, McLennan, Medina, Mitchell, Navarro, Panola, Pecos, Robertson, Shelby, Sutton, Travis, Uvalde, Walker, Wichita, Young
Locality.
Adriance Pecan Orchard, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Garner State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Inks Lake State Park, Lost Maples State Park, Proctor Lake, Vinson Pecan Farm
Time of activity.
Male (March - August); female (April - September, November)
Habitat.
(crops: cotton, peanuts); (grass: grass, grassland, pasture); (orchard: orange, pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation); (soil/woodland: elm, juniper, live oak, oak, post oak savanna with pasture, trees/shrubs, woods,
Juniperus ashei
,
Quercus buckleyi
,
Quercus virginiana
,
Ulmus crassifolia
)
Method.
Beating [mf]; cardboard band [mf]; fogging [mf]; irrigation tubing [f]; suction trap [m]; sweeping [mf]; tile trap [f]
Eggs/spiderlings.
Robertson [eggsac hatch August 18, 2001, 48 spiderlings] [TAMU]
Type.
Massachusetts, Salem
Etymology.
Latin, mouse-like
Collection.
MSU, TAMU