Mysmena incredula (Gertsch & Davis, 1936)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 242-243

Mysmena incredula (Gertsch & Davis, 1936)

Mysmena incredula Dean et al. 1988: 286; Gertsch 1960a: 15, mf, desc. (figs 19-23, 28-29); Levi 1956a: 5, mf, desc. (figs 4-19); Lopardo and Hormiga 2015: 784 [T]; Reddell 1970: 408; Roth 1982: 30-1; Roth 1985: B-26-1; Vogel 1970b: 21

Calodipoena incredula Gertsch and Davis, 1936; Bonnet 1956: 937; Breene et al. 1993b: 647; Breene et al. 1993c: 20, 47, 99, mf (figs 143A-C); Calixto et al. 2013: 183; Dean and Sterling 1990: 401, 404; Gertsch and Davis 1936: 8, mf, desc. (figs 32-33); Henderson 2007: 54, 64, 78, 80, 84; Jackman 1997: 166; Lopardo and Coddington 2005: 177; Roewer 1942: 417; Roth 1994: 133

Distribution.

Blanco, Brazos, Burleson, Cameron, Colorado, Coryell, Hardeman, Hidalgo, Houston, Robertson, Walker

Locality.

5-Eagle Ranch, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Big Tree-Vine Association, Browning Ranch, Ellis Prison Unit, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lick Creek Park, NK Ranch, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Caves.

Hardeman (Walkup Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (March - November, December 17-January 8); female (March - September, September 28-October 4)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, sugarcane); (grass: grass, grassland, pasture); (landscape features: cave); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: bottomland forest, disturbed habitat, leaf litter, post oak savanna with pasture, woods)

Method.

D-Vac suction [imm.]; fogging [m]; pitfall trap [mf]; suction trap [mf]; tile trap [f]

Type.

Texas (male, Cameron Co., May 1-2, 1936, L. I. Davis, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

Latin, tiny spider, incredible

Collection.

TAMU, TMM

Note.

A male and female were collected in a suction trap 10:00 to 12:00 hours.