Sassacus vitis (Cockerell, 1894)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 352

Sassacus vitis (Cockerell, 1894)

Sassacus vitis Hill 1979: 217; Richman 2008: 35 [T], mf, desc. (figs 29-35); Richman et al. 2011b: 68; Richman et al. 2012a: 68; Richman et al. 2012b: 68;

Icius vitis (Cockerell, 1894); Peckham and Peckham 1909: 501; Petrunkevitch 1911: 662; Woods and Harrel 1976: 44

Metaphidippus vitis (Cockerell, 1894); Agnew et al. 1985: 8; Carpenter 1972: 164; Jackman 1997: 167; Jones 1936: 70; Kagan 1942: 65; Kagan 1943: 258; Richman and Cutler 1978: 91 [T]; Vogel 1970b: 18; Young and Edwards 1990: 22

Distribution.

Bell, Bosque, Brewster, Burnet, Cameron, Dallas, Denton, Erath, Grayson, Hidalgo, Hunt, Jefferson, Johnson, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, McLennan, Palo Pinto, Presidio, Runnels, Scurry, Travis, Wichita, Zapata

Locality.

Big Bend National Park, Estero Llano Grande State Park, Lacuna Park, Lake Thomas

Time of activity.

Male (April, July - September, November); female (June, August - September, November)

Habitat.

(crops: rice); (grass: grass, on ground with sparse grass); (plants: shrubs, vegetation, Baccharis ); (soil/woodland: edge of plowed field, limbs of bushes, saltcedar, wheel-ruts of dirt roads, willow)

Method.

D-Vac suction [mf]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

New Mexico

Etymology.

Latin, vine

Collection.

MCZ, MSU, TAMU