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 text ZooKeys 2016 2016-03-02 570 1 703 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.570.6095 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.570.6095 1313-2970-570-1 CE0DA439F6F64DCF82255700A3C50098 E376FF8EFFF1F22C326D1E0DFF8BFFDF 579094 Myrmekiaphila comstocki Bishop & Crosby, 1926 Myrmekiaphila comstocki Bishop and Crosby 1926 : 168, m, desc. (figs 7-8); Bond and Opell 2002 : 495; Bond and Platnick 2007 : 11, mf, desc. (figs 5, 15, 25, 41-47) [see note below]; Bradley 2013 : 114; Gertsch 1935a : 3, f (fig. 3); Gertsch and Mulaik 1940 : 310; Jackman 1997 : 160; Roewer 1942 : 168; Vogel 1970b : 28 Myrmekiaphila fluviatilis (Hentz, 1850); Bishop and Crosby 1926 : 166; Gertsch 1935a : 3; Gertsch and Mulaik 1940 : 310; Henderson 2007 : 37, 52-54, 74-76, 79, 82; Jackman 1997 : 160; Kaston 1953 : 60, desc. (fig. 142); Vogel 1970b : 28; Yantis 2005 : 66, 197, 201 [all misidentified] Myrmeciophila fluviatilis (Hentz, 1850); Comstock 1912 : 239; Comstock 1940 : 234 [misidentified] Myrmeciophila comstocki Bishop & Crosby, 1926; Brown 1974 : 233 Distribution. Brazos, Cherokee, Clay, Coryell, Grimes, Hardeman, Hidalgo, Houston, Hunt, Kimble, Kleberg, Leon, Madison, Montague, Nacogdoches, Travis, Trinity, Walker, Wichita Locality. Lick Creek Park, Riley Estate Time of activity. Male (February - May, October - November); female (April, May, July) Habitat. (grass: sandy grassland, short grass); (littoral: sandy area, sandy by water); (soil/woodland: disturbed habitat, pine woods [%: 66, 82, 86, 97], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woodland, post oak woods [%: 41, 49, 56, 74, 77, 82, 84, 92, 96], upland woods); (structures: front porch, under newspaper in garage) Method. 5 gallon bucket trap [m]; pitfall trap [m] Type. Texas (male, Travis Co., Austin, March 12-18, 1903, J. H. Comstock, holotype, AMNH) Etymology. Person (collector) Collection. MSU, TAMU Note. Palp keys out to Myrmeciophila foliata Atkinson, 1886 because the distal dilation of metatarsus I is large (see fig. 14 in Bond and Platnick 2007 ) and the embolus is thick. However, specimens from Texas that were not seen for their revision have the distal dilation large but is Myrmeciophila comstocki . This is based on a Texas population (from several counties) not seen in their revision (Bond and Platnick, pers. comm.).