Mecaphesa celer (Hentz, 1847)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 405-406

Mecaphesa celer (Hentz, 1847)

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

Misumenops celer (Hentz, 1847); Agnew et al. 1985: 4, 10; Bonnet 1957: 2954; Breene 1988: 15, 17, 23-26, 35, 39-40, 44; Breene et al. 1988: 180-181; Breene et al. 1989: 162; Breene et al. 1993c: 30, 48, 79, mf (figs 80A-B); Broussard and Horner 2006: 255; Brown 1974: 238; Cokendolpher et al. 1979: 731; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 11, 53 (fig. 15, photo 47-48); Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6; Dean and Sterling 1990: 403, 405; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Dean et al. 1987: 264, 268; Dean et al. 1988: 287; Gertsch 1939a: 322 [S], mf, desc. (figs 30-31, 50-51, 68); Jackman 1997: 125, desc., 169; Jones 1936: 69; Kagan 1942: 51; Kagan 1943: 258; Knutson and Gilstrap 1989: 514; Liao et al. 1984: 410; McDaniel et al. 1981: 104; Milstead 1958: 446; Nuessly and Sterling 1984: 97; Nyffeler et al. 1987b: 1121; Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 2; Pamanes-Guerrero 1975: 16, 34, 42, 79, 81; Rapp 1984: 7; Reddell 1965: 177; Richman et al. 2011a: 48; Roberts 2001: 51; Rogers and Horner 1977: 523; Rydzak and Killebrew 1982: 7; Vogel 1970b: 26; Woods and Harrel 1976: 44; Young and Edwards 1990: 24

Misumenops spinosus Keyserling, 1880; Jones 1936: 69

Distribution.

Widespread; Archer, Atascosa, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Borden, Bosque, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Cameron, Carson, Castro, Chambers, Collin, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Coryell, Crosby, Dallas, Delta, Dickens, Duval, Eastland, Ector, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Fisher, Floyd, Frio, Gaines, Galveston, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Hale, Harris, Hays, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hockley, Houston, Howard, Jefferson, Kaufman, Kendall, Kent, Kerr, King, Kinney, Knox, Lavaca, Limestone, Lubbock, Martin, McLennan, Midland, Milam, Mitchell, Nacogdoches, Newton, Nueces, Pecos, Polk, Potter, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Refugio, Robertson, San Patricio, Schleicher, Scurry, Smith, Sterling, Sutton, Terry, Titus, Tom Green, Travis, Upshur, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Walker, Wharton, Wichita, Williamson, Yoakum

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Chihuahuan desert, Dalquest Research Site, Ellis Prison Unit, Galveston Island State Park, Garner State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lacuna Park, Lake Buchanan, Lake Meredith, Lake Thomas, Lick Creek Park, Nash Prairie, Palmetto State Park, Pantex Lake, Proctor Lake, Ramsey Prison Farm, Riley Estate, Sam Houston National Forest, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Seminole Canyon State Park, South Padre Island, Stiles Farm Foundation, Stubblefield Lake, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Caves.

Sutton (Felton Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (February - December); female (January - December)

Habitat.

(crops: corn, cotton, guar, Helianthus annuus , peanuts, rice, sugarcane); (grass: Bromus tectorum , grass, grassland, pasture); (landscape features: cave); (littoral: near playa, salt marsh area); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [f], stomach of Cnemidophorus perplexus ); (objects: in croton cage, lawn mower); (orchard: peach orchard, pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, next to cotton field, among croton, emergent vegetation, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, pigeon pea, pink evening primrose, roadside vegetation, sage, thistle, vegetation, yellow horsemint, Achillea millefolium , Aphanostephus sp., Asclepias sp., Aster sp., Baccharis , Borrichia frutescens , Cassia sp., Coreopsis sp., Dalea sp., Engelmannia sp., Euphorbia sp., Gaillardia pulchella , Melilotus officinalis , Monarda citriodora , Oenothera speciosa , Prionopsis ciliata , Rudbeckia sp., Thelesperma sp., Vicia sp.); (soil/woodland: brush, on ground, post oak savanna with pasture, saltcedar, sandy area, trees/shrubs, willow, Prosopis grandulosa , Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Tamarix gallica , Ulmus crassifolia )

Method.

Ballooning; beating [m]; boll weevil pheromone trap [mf]; D-Vac suction [mf]; light trap; pitfall trap [mf]; suction trap [mf]; sweeping [mf]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Brazos [eggsac laid May 22, 1978, hatch June 1, 91 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

South Carolina

Etymology.

Latin, swift

Collection.

DMNS, JCC, MSU, TAMU, TMM