Theridion murarium Emerton, 1882

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 395-396

Theridion murarium Emerton, 1882

Theridion murarium Agnew et al. 1985: 3; Breene et al. 1993c: 28, 48, 61, mf (figs 32A-C); Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 17; Calixto et al. 2013: 185; Dean and Eger 1986: 141; Dean and Sterling 1990: 401, 404; Dean et al. 1982: 254; Dean et al. 1988: 286; Jackman 1997: 60, desc., 169; Kagan 1942: 16; Kagan 1943: 258; Levi 1957a: 22, 113, mf, desc. (figs 12, 57-58, 61-63); Li 1990: 137, 142, 144; Vincent and Frankie 1985: 380; Vogel 1970b: 25; Young and Edwards 1990: 24

Distribution.

Widespread; Angelina, Archer, Bandera, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Cameron, Coke, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Crockett, Dallas, Eastland, Edwards, Erath, Falls, Gaines, Gillespie, Hall, Hidalgo, Houston, Kerr, Kimble, Lamar, Liberty, McLennan, Medina, Mitchell, Navarro, Panola, Pecos, Robertson, Shelby, Sutton, Travis, Uvalde, Walker, Wichita, Young

Locality.

Adriance Pecan Orchard, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Garner State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Inks Lake State Park, Lost Maples State Park, Proctor Lake, Vinson Pecan Farm

Time of activity.

Male (March - August); female (April - September, November)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts); (grass: grass, grassland, pasture); (orchard: orange, pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation); (soil/woodland: elm, juniper, live oak, oak, post oak savanna with pasture, trees/shrubs, woods, Juniperus ashei , Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia )

Method.

Beating [mf]; cardboard band [mf]; fogging [mf]; irrigation tubing [f]; suction trap [m]; sweeping [mf]; tile trap [f]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Robertson [eggsac hatch August 18, 2001, 48 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

Massachusetts, Salem

Etymology.

Latin, mouse-like

Collection.

MSU, TAMU