Drassyllus lepidus (Banks, 1899)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 138-139

Drassyllus lepidus (Banks, 1899)

Drassyllus lepidus Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Bowen et al. 2004: 188; Calixto et al. 2013: 182, 187; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 8, 20 (fig. 6); Irungu 2007: 30; Jackman 1997: 115, 163; Platnick and Shadab 1982a: 92 [S], mf, desc. (figs 270-271, 276-279); Roberts 2001: 50; Trevino 2014: 11; Young and Edwards 1990: 17; Zolnerowich and Horner 1985: 81

Drassyllus mephisto Chamberlin, 1936; Brown 1974: 233; Chamberlin 1936b: 14, mf, desc. (figs 3-5); Roewer 1955: 416; Vogel 1970b: 9

Distribution.

Widespread; Blanco, Bosque, Bowie, Brazos, Brewster, Brown, Burleson, Cameron, Carson, Clay, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Hidalgo, Jeff Davis, Jim Wells, Kerr, Kimble, Montague, Potter, Randall, San Patricio, Shelby, Starr, Taylor, Travis, Webb, Wichita, Williamson

Locality.

5-Eagle Ranch, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Browning Ranch, Canoncita Ranch, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Pantex Lake (edge), Pantex Plant, Stiles Farm Foundation, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (January, March - August); female (March - October)

Habitat.

(crops: cabbage, cotton, peanuts); (grass: grass, grassland); (landscape features: under [concrete, rock]); (littoral: playa); (objects: under [board, sheet metal]); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: oak leaf litter, post oak savanna with pasture, sandy area, under juniper); (structures: indoors, warehouse)

Method.

pitfall trap [mf] (in sand [m], under juniper [mf]); swine feces pitfall trap [m]

Type.

Louisiana, Shreveport

Etymology.

Greek, scales

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, WTAM