Drassyllus orgilus Chamberlin, 1922

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 140-141

Drassyllus orgilus Chamberlin, 1922

Drassyllus orgilus Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Bowen et al. 2004: 188; Calixto et al. 2013: 182; Chamberlin 1922: 169, f, desc.; Chamberlin 1936b: 13; Jackman 1997: 115, 163; Platnick and Shadab 1982a: 60, mf, desc. (figs 172-177); Roewer 1955: 416; Trevino 2014: 12; Vogel 1970b: 9; Yantis 2005: 197, 200; Young and Edwards 1990: 17; Zolnerowich and Horner 1985: 81

Distribution.

Eastern 2/3 Texas; Anderson, Archer, Bexar, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Cameron, Clay, Dallas, Denton, DeWitt, Erath, Galveston, Gonzales, Hardeman, Hays, Hidalgo, Houston, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, McCulloch, Montgomery, Robertson, San Patricio, Starr, Sutton, Tarrant, Taylor, Tom Green, Travis, Webb, Wichita

Locality.

Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lick Creek Park, Medicine Mounds Ranch

Time of activity.

Male (February - May, July, September - December); female (January - June, August, October - December, December 16 - January 26)

Habitat.

(crops: peanuts); (grass: grass); (landscape features: under rock); (littoral: near [pond, near water]); (objects: under board); (orchard: pecan); (plants: vegetation); (soil/woodland: Juniperus managed plot, pine woods [%: 69, 85], post oak savanna with pasture, woods); (structures: indoors)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [m]; flight intercept trap on ground [f]; pitfall trap [mf] (near pond [f])

Type.

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

Etymology.

Greek, irritable

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, WTAM