Oxyopes apollo Brady, 1964

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 257-258

Oxyopes apollo Brady, 1964

Oxyopes apollo Agnew et al. 1985: 4, 10; Brady 1964: 467, mf, desc. (figs 41-42, 47-50, 72-75); Brady 1969: 428; Brady 1975: 216; Breene et al. 1993c: 21, 48, 93, mf (figs 123A-C); Broussard and Horner 2006: 254; Calixto et al. 2013: 183, 187; Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Dean et al. 1988: 287; Jackman 1997: 102, desc., 166; Kaston 1978: 199, desc.; Rapp 1984: 6; Richman et al. 2011a: 47; Roberts 2001: 49; Vogel 1967: 111; Vogel 1970b: 15; Young and Edwards 1990: 20

Distribution.

Widespread; Anderson, Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos, Brewster, Brooks, Burleson, Cameron, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, Dimmit, Erath, Freestone, Galveston, Garza, Hays, Hidalgo, Houston, Kaufman, Kenedy, Kerr, Kleberg, Knox, Leon, Llano, Lubbock, Maverick, Milam, Nueces, Polk, Potter, Presidio, Robertson, San Patricio, Somervell, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Wichita, Willacy, Williamson

Locality.

5-Eagle Ranch, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Big Bend National Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Browning Ranch, Chaparral Wildlife Management Area, Chihuahuan desert, Dalquest Research Site, Ellis Prison Unit, Galveston Island State Park, Garner State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Seminole Canyon State Park, Somerville Lake, Stiles Farm Foundation, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

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

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts); (grass: grass, grasses, grassland, pasture); (littoral: salt marsh area); (orchard: grapefruit, pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, Oenothera sp.); (soil/woodland: clay soil brushland, paloverde upland area, post oak savanna with pasture, sandy area, sandy open prairie, savanna, scrub cottonwood, woods)

Method.

D-Vac suction [f]; pitfall trap [mf] (in sand [m]); ramp trap [mf]; suction trap [imm.]; sweeping [mf]; tile trap [f]; yellow pan trap [f]

Type.

Texas (male, Brooks Co., Encino, May 12, 1952, M. Cazier, W. Gertsch, R. Schrammel, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

noun in apposition, Greek god

Collection.

DMNS, JCC, MSU, TAMU