Messua limbata (Banks, 1898)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 321

Messua limbata (Banks, 1898)

Messua limbata Armstrong and Richman 2007: 396; Bradley 2013: 192; Maddison 1996: 233 [T], m (figs 90, 100, 117); Richman et al. 2005: 216; Richman et al. 2011b: 30 [S]; Richman et al. 2012a: 30; Richman et al. 2012b: 30

Dendryphantes limbatus (Banks, 1898); Banks 1910: 66; Chamberlin 1924b: 682; Peckham and Peckham 1901a: 315, mf, desc.; Peckham and Peckham 1909: 458, mf, desc. (pl. 37, fig. 3); Petrunkevitch 1911: 634; Roewer 1955: 1203

Eris limbata (Banks, 1898); Breene et al. 1993b: 648; Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Jackman 1997: 167 (photo 41b); Richman and Cutler 1978: 85

Eris limbatus (Banks, 1898); Vogel 1970b: 17

Icius exornatus (Peckham and Peckham, 1909); Banks 1910: 71; Bonnet 1957: 2281; Peckham and Peckham 1909: 505, f, desc. (pl. 41, fig. 6); Petrunkevitch 1911: 661; Roewer 1955: 1222; Vogel 1970b: 17

Distribution.

Austin, Brazos, Cameron, Frio, Hidalgo, Kerr

Locality.

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Estero Llano Grande State Park, Frontera Audubon, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Riley Estate, Russell Farm, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary

Time of activity.

Male (January, March - April, June - August, October - November); female (February - May, July - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, sugarcane); (grass: grass); (littoral: dense coastal brush); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [mf]); (orchard: grapefruit, Mexican lime, orange, organic citrus grove, sour orange); (plants: bluebonnets); (soil/woodland: cedar elm forest, ebony-guayacan association, palm forest margin [resaca bank], trees)

Method.

Beating [f]; boll weevil pheromone trap [m]; D-Vac suction [m]; flight intercept trap elevated [m]; flight intercept trap on ground [m]; Lindgren flight trap [mf]; sweeping [m]

Type.

Mexico, Tepic

Etymology.

Latin, bordered

Collection.

DMNS, NMSU, TAMU