Herpyllus ecclesiasticus Hentz, 1832

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 148

Herpyllus ecclesiasticus Hentz, 1832

Herpyllus ecclesiasticus Agnew et al. 1985: 7; Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 18; Calixto et al. 2013: 182, 189; Jackman 1997: 115, desc., 163 (photo 35c); Lombardini et al. 2005: 1378; Platnick and Dondale 1992: 273, mf, desc. (figs 2-3, 14, 433-436); Platnick and Shadab 1977: 7 [S], mf, desc. (figs 1-8); Roberts 2001: 50; Yantis 2005: 197; Zolnerowich and Horner 1985: 82

Herpyllus vasifer (Walckenaer, 1837); Brown 1974: 234

Herpyllus cratus Chamberlin, 1922; Chamberlin 1936b: 1; Roewer 1955: 422; Vogel 1970b: 10

Distribution.

Widespread; Archer, Bailey, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos, Brewster, Burleson, Carson, Clay, Comanche, Dallas, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Galveston, Gray, Grayson, Hardeman, Hardin, Hays, Hidalgo, Houston, Hutchinson, Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Lubbock, Lynn, Nacogdoches, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Robertson, Sutton, Swisher, Taylor, Travis, Uvalde, Wichita

Locality.

Bastrop State Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Medicine Mounds Ranch, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Somerville Lake, Storey Pecan Orchard, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (February - March, May - July, September - November); female (January - September, November)

Habitat.

(grass: grass); (landscape features: under rock); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: Juniperus managed plot, on tree, pine woods [%: 88], under bark, woods); (structures: garage, house, indoors, on [floor in house, wall in house])

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [f]; cardboard band [mf]; flight intercept trap elevated [f]; fogging [f]; malaise trap [m]; pitfall trap [mf]; ramp trap [m]; suction trap [m]

Type.

United States

Etymology.

Greek, assembly

Collection.

MSU, TAMU, TTU, WTAM