Theridion dilutum Levi, 1957

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 392

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.570.6095
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scientific name	Theridion dilutum Levi, 1957
status

Treatment

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