Micaria deserticola Gertsch, 1933

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 149-150

Micaria deserticola Gertsch, 1933

Micaria deserticola Breene et al. 1993c: 16, 47, 86, mf (figs 103A-B); Calixto et al. 2013: 182; Irungu 2007: 30; Jackman 1997: 163; Platnick and Shadab 1988: 59, mf, desc. (figs 150-153)

Micaria sp.; Agnew et al. 1985: 4 [part]; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6 [part]; Young and Edwards 1990: 17 [part]

Distribution.

Brewster, Burleson, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, Hidalgo, Howard, Kenedy

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Big Bend National Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Kenedy Ranch

Time of activity.

Male (March - August, October); female (March - August, October 26 - November 2, November - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cabbage, cotton, peanuts); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: forest litter, post oak savanna with pasture)

Method.

pitfall trap [mf]; yellow pan trap [m]

Type.

Arizona, Scottsdale

Etymology.

Latin, place, deserts (habitat); -cola Latin suffix meaning inhabitant of

Collection.

TAMU