Phidippus clarus Keyserling, 1885

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 341-342

Phidippus clarus Keyserling, 1885

Phidippus clarus Agnew et al. 1985: 5; Breene et al. 1993c: 24, 48, 71, mf (figs 58A-C); Brown 1974: 237; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 10, 50; Dean et al. 1982: 256; Edwards 2004: 60, mf, desc. (figs C45-46, 184-190); Hunter 1988: 18-20; Jackman 1997: 168; Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 3; Peckham and Peckham 1909: 398; Richman et al. 2011b: 54; Richman et al. 2012a: 54; Richman et al. 2012b: 54; Taber and Fleenor 2003: 239; Young and Edwards 1990: 22

Phidippus rimator (Walckenaer, 1837); Vogel 1970b: 19 [Texas record]

Phidippus coloradensis Thorell, 1877; Peckham and Peckham 1909: 399; Vogel 1970b: 19 [Texas record]

Distribution.

Anderson, Brazos, Burleson, Carson, Coryell, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Grayson, Hidalgo, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Randall, Tyler, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Anzalduas County Park, Ellis Prison Unit, Lick Creek Park, Riley Estate, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Time of activity.

Male (April, June - September); female (May - November)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts); (grass: grassland, pasture); (littoral: playa); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [imm.]); (plants: bluebonnets, miscellaneous vegetation, mixed vegetation, weeds, Monarda citriodora ); (soil/woodland: post oak savanna, post oak savanna with pasture)

Method.

Boll weevil pheromone trap [f]; pitfall trap [mf]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

Maryland

Etymology.

Latin, clear, evident

Collection.

MSU, TAMU, WTAM