Habronattus fallax (Peckham & Peckham, 1909)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 308-309

Habronattus fallax (Peckham & Peckham, 1909)

Habronattus fallax Agnew et al. 1985: 8; Griswold 1987: 209 [T], mf, desc. (fig. 139) [see note below]; Hedin and Maddison 2001b: 1514; Jackman 1997: 167; Maddison and Hedin 2003a: 19; Richman et al. 2011b: 17; Richman et al. 2012a: 17; Richman et al. 2012b: 17

Pellenes fallax Peckham and Peckham, 1909; Banks 1910: 68; Peckham and Peckham 1909: 553, mf, desc. (pl. 47, fig. 5, pl. 49, figs 3-3a); Petrunkevitch 1911: 684; Richman and Cutler 1978: 93; Roewer 1955: 1132; Vogel 1970b: 18

Distribution.

Cameron, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Hidalgo, Kerr, San Patricio, Starr, Travis, Wichita, Zapata

Locality.

Estero Llano Grande State Park, McKelvey Park, Nabor’s Lake, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Welder Wildlife Refuge

Time of activity.

Male (March - October); female (May - June)

Habitat.

(crops: peanuts); (grass: grass); (soil/woodland: ground, post oak savanna with pasture, sandy area, under [juniper, oak])

Method.

pitfall trap [mf] (in sand [m], under juniper [mf], under oak [mf])

Type.

Texas (male, Travis Co., Austin, no date, no collector, holotype, MCZ)

Etymology.

Latin, deceptive

Collection.

MSU, TAMU

Note.

32 miles SE Laredo is in Zapata Co., not Starr Co.; 54 miles S Laredo is in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, not Starr Co.; 5 miles E Rio Grande City is in Starr Co., not Webb Co.