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 Drassyllus lepidus (Banks, 1899) Drassyllus lepidus Agnew et al. 1985 : 4; Bowen et al. 2004 : 188; Calixto et al. 2013 : 182, 187; Cokendolpher et al. 2008 : 8, 20 (fig. 6); Irungu 2007 : 30; Jackman 1997 : 115, 163; Platnick and Shadab 1982a : 92 [S], mf, desc. (figs 270-271, 276-279); Roberts 2001 : 50; Trevino 2014 : 11; Young and Edwards 1990 : 17; Zolnerowich and Horner 1985 : 81 Drassyllus mephisto Chamberlin, 1936; Brown 1974 : 233; Chamberlin 1936b : 14, mf, desc. (figs 3-5); Roewer 1955 : 416; Vogel 1970b : 9 Distribution. Widespread; Blanco, Bosque, Bowie, Brazos, Brewster, Brown, Burleson, Cameron, Carson, Clay, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Hidalgo, Jeff Davis, Jim Wells, Kerr, Kimble, Montague, Potter, Randall, San Patricio, Shelby, Starr, Taylor, Travis, Webb, Wichita, Williamson Locality. 5-Eagle Ranch, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Browning Ranch, Canoncita Ranch, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Pantex Lake (edge), Pantex Plant, Stiles Farm Foundation, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center Time of activity. Male (January, March - August); female (March - October) Habitat. (crops: cabbage, cotton, peanuts); (grass: grass, grassland); (landscape features: under [concrete, rock]); (littoral: playa); (objects: under [board, sheet metal]); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: oak leaf litter, post oak savanna with pasture, sandy area, under juniper); (structures: indoors, warehouse) Method. pitfall trap [mf] (in sand [m], under juniper [mf]); swine feces pitfall trap [m] Type. Louisiana, Shreveport Etymology. Greek, scales Collection. DMNS, MSU, TAMU, WTAM