Marpissa formosa (Banks, 1892)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 319

Marpissa formosa (Banks, 1892)

Marpissa formosa Agnew et al. 1985: 8; Barnes 1958: 4 [S], mf, desc. (figs 4-11); Breene et al. 1993b: 648; Breene et al. 1993c: 23, 48, 66, mf (figs 45A-D); Cokendolpher 1978 c: 118; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Jackman 1997: 167; Logunov 1999: 44, f (figs 70-71); Richman and Cutler 1978: 87; Richman et al. 2011b: 28; Richman et al. 2012a: 28; Richman et al. 2012b: 28; Vogel 1970b: 18; Young and Edwards 1990: 22

Hyctia bina (Hentz, 1846); Jones 1936: 70; Vogel 1970b: 17; Woods and Harrel 1976: 44 [Texas records]

Marpissa bina (Hentz, 1846); Brown 1974: 236; Carpenter 1972: 166 [Texas records]

Distribution.

Archer, Cameron, Cherokee, Comal, Dallas, Erath, Hardeman, Hidalgo, Jefferson, Kerr, Rusk, San Patricio, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Ellis Prison Unit, Lake Striker, Lake Wichita, Medicine Mounds Ranch

Time of activity.

Male (March, May - August, October); female (March - October, December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, rice, sugarcane); (grass: grass); (littoral: creek bank, creek bank vegetation, pond shore); (objects: under canvas); (plants: vegetation); (structures: on table on boat pier)

Method.

Boll weevil pheromone trap [m]; sweeping [m]

Type.

New York

Etymology.

Latin, beautiful

Collection.

MCZ, MSU, TAMU, WTAM