Mermessus maculatus (Banks, 1892)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 200-201

Mermessus maculatus (Banks, 1892)

Mermessus maculatus Calixto et al. 2013: 182; Henderson 2007: 52, 54, 56, 60, 74, 77, 79, 83; Miller 2007: 256 [T]

Eperigone maculata (Banks, 1892); Buckle et al. 2001: 114; Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 50; Dean and Sterling 1990: 402; Jackman 1997: 164; Millidge 1987: 30, mf, desc. (figs 106-111); Reddell 1965: 172; Reddell 1970: 405; Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 87; Reddell and Smith 1965: 20; Vogel 1970b: 11

Distribution.

Bell, Bexar, Brazoria, Brazos, Comal, Coryell, Edwards, Erath, Harris, Hays, Jasper, Kerr, Lampasas, Leon, Newton, Panola, Robertson, Val Verde

Locality.

Camp Bullis, Fort Hood, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lick Creek Park, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Caves.

Bell (Keilman Cave [Fort Hood], Plasma Cave); Bexar (Backhole, Haz Mat Pit, Kamikazi Cricket Cave, Madla’s Cave, Madla’s Drop Cave, Persimmon Pit, Stevens Ranch Cave No. 1, Stone Oak Parkway Pit); Comal (Camp Bullis Bad Air Cave, Washington Cave); Coryell ([all Fort Hood] Chigiouxs’ Cave, Copperhead Sink No. 2, Plateau Cave No. 2, Porter Cave, Runoff Cave); Edwards ( Devil’s Sinkhole); Hays ( Ezell’s Cave); Lampasas (Enough Cave); Val Verde (H. T. Miers Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (February 15 - March 15, March - July, September, September 28-October 4, November); female (January - February, April - June, September - November)

Habitat.

(grass: short grass); (landscape features: cave); (littoral: sedge meadow); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: leaf litter, post oak woodland, upland woods)

Method.

Berlese funnel [mf]; pitfall trap [mf]; suction trap [mf]

Type.

New York, Ithaca, Coy Glen

Etymology.

Latin, several pairs of transverse indistinct white spots on abdomen

Collection.

TAMU, TMM, TTU