Mermessus denticulatus (Banks, 1898)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 199-200

Mermessus denticulatus (Banks, 1898)

Mermessus denticulatus Calixto et al. 2013: 180, 182, 185, 187, 189-190; Cokendolpher et al. 2007: 56; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 26; Miller 2007: 258 [S]

Eperigone eschatologica (Crosby, 1924); Breene et al. 1993c: 17, 47, 109, mf (figs 175A-D); Buckle et al. 2001: 114; Dean and Eger 1986: 141; Dean and Sterling 1990: 402, 404; Dean et al. 1988: 286; Irungu 2007: 31; Jackman 1997: 164; Millidge 1987: 37, mf, desc. (figs 132-136); Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 2

Eperigone sp.; Agnew et al. 1985: 3, 9; Young and Edwards 1990: 18

Distribution.

Widespread; Bee, Brazos, Brewster, Burleson, Cameron, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Erath, Floyd, Frio, Gonzales, Hidalgo, Houston, Kimble, Kleberg, Knox, Leon, Lipscomb, Llano, Nueces, Potter, Robertson, San Patricio, San Saba, Victoria, Walker, Webb, Wichita, Williamson

Locality.

5-Eagle Ranch, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Holmes Pecan Orchard, NK Ranch, Palmetto State Park, Stiles Farm Foundation

Time of activity.

Male (January - December); female (January, March - October, November 30 - December 7)

Habitat.

(crops: cabbage, cotton, peanuts); (grass: grass, grassland, pasture); (landscape features: under rock); (littoral: near pond, playa); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, emergent plants, emergent vegetation, Monarda citriodora ); (soil/woodland: brushy area, juniper, post oak savanna with pasture, under litter, woods); (structures: indoors)

Method.

D-Vac suction [mf]; fogging [mf]; pitfall trap [mf] (near pond [mf]); suction trap [mf]; sweeping [m]; tile trap [mf]

Type.

Mexico, Tepic

Etymology.

Latin, prominent tooth on mandibles

Collection.

MSU, TAMU, TTU

Note.

A male and female were collected in a suction trap 10:00 to 12:00 hours.