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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Theridion
dilutum Levi, 1957
Theridion dilutum
Agnew et al. 1985
: 6;
Jackman 1997
: 169;
Knutson et al. 2010
: 516;
Levi 1957a
: 37, 115, mf, desc. (figs 112-113, 123-125);
Levi and Randolph 1975
: 43;
Vogel 1967
: 141;
Vogel 1970b
: 25
Distribution.
Concho, Coryell, Dickens, Erath, Foard, Hamilton, Hidalgo, Howard, Kimble, Llano, Menard, Scurry, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde
Locality.
Frontera Audubon, Garner State Park, Lake Thomas, Seminole Canyon State Park
Time of activity.
Male (April - July); female (May - August)
Habitat.
(orchard: grapefruit, orange); (plants: roadside vegetation); (soil/woodland: juniper, post oak savanna with pasture, saltcedar, trees/shrubs, under oak,
Juniperus ashei
,
Quercus buckleyi
,
Quercus virginiana
,
Ulmus crassifolia
); (structures: greenhouse)
Method.
Beating [mf]; pitfall trap [m] (under oak [m]); sweeping [mf]
Type.
Texas (male, Hidalgo Co., S of Pharr, April 5, 1936, S. Mulaik, holotype, AMNH)
Etymology.
Latin, diluted
Collection.
MSU, NMSU, TAMU