Mecaphesa asperata (Hentz, 1847)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 403-404

Mecaphesa asperata (Hentz, 1847)

Mecaphesa asperata Calixto et al. 2013: 185; Knutson et al. 2010: 516; Lehtinen and Marusik 2008: 194 [T]

Misumenops asperatus (Hentz, 1847); Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Bonnet 1957: 2953; Breene et al. 1993c: 30, 48, 79, mf (figs 79A-C); Cokendolpher et al. 1979: 730; Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Dean et al. 1988: 287; Gertsch 1939a: 328, mf, desc. (figs 34-35, 56-57, 69, 72-73); Jackman 1997: 124, desc., 169 (photo 40c); Jones 1936: 69; Pamanes-Guerrero 1975: 16, 34, 38, 42, 60, 63, 79, 81; Rapp 1984: 7; Rydzak and Killebrew 1982: 7; Vogel 1970b: 26; Woods and Harrel 1976: 44; Young and Edwards 1990: 24

Misumenops asparatus (Hentz, 1847); Glick and Noble 1961: 7

Misumenops prosper (Hentz); Pamanes-Guerrero 1975: 42, 60, 79, 81 [misidentified]

Distribution.

Archer, Bastrop, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Cameron, Clay, Culberson, Dallas, Erath, Galveston, Haskell, Hidalgo, Houston, Howard, Jefferson, Montague, Robertson, Smith, Travis, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Adriance Pecan Orchard, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Ellis Prison Unit, Galveston Island State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Inks Lake State Park, Lick Creek Park

Time of activity.

Male (February - June, October, December); female (March - June, August, October - November)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts, rice); (grass: grasses, grassland, pasture); (littoral: salt marsh); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, flower, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, vegetation, Hedeoma sp.); (soil/woodland: juniper, pricklyash, saltcedar, sandy area, Juniperus ashei , Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia )

Method.

Beating [mf]; cardboard band [f]; suction trap [m]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

Alabama

Etymology.

Latin, rough

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU