Drassyllus aprilinus (Banks, 1904)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 135

Drassyllus aprilinus (Banks, 1904)

Drassyllus aprilinus Agnew et al. 1985: 7; Bowen et al. 2004: 188; Calixto et al. 2013: 182; Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 45; Henderson 2007: 52-53, 76, 79, 83; Jackman 1997: 115, 163; Platnick and Dondale 1992: 130, mf, desc. (figs 200-203); Platnick and Shadab 1982a: 48, mf, desc. (figs 128-133); Yantis 2005: 66, 196, 200

Distribution.

Eastern 2/3 Texas; Anderson, Angelina, Bandera, Bell, Brazos, Brewster, Burleson, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, DeWitt, Erath, Gonzales, Grayson, Grimes, Hays, Houston, Jeff Davis, Kerr, Leon, Llano, Madison, Montague, Real, Refugio, Robertson, Sabine, San Patricio, Taylor, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Walker, Wichita, Wood

Locality.

Angelina National Forest, Big Bend National Park, Big Thicket National Preserve, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Fort Hood, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Kirby State Forest, Lick Creek Park, Lost Maples State Park, Palmetto State Park, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Caves.

Bell (Price Pit Cave [Fort Hood])

Time of activity.

Male (January 27-February 24, January, March - May, September, October 27-November 11, November, December 16-January 26); female (January 27 - February 24, March - June, September, October 27 - November 11, November - December)

Habitat.

(landscape features: cave); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: beech magnolia litter, disturbed habitat, forest litter, hardwood litter, Juniperus managed plot, Juniperus unmanaged plot, leaf litter, loblolly pine managed, loblolly pine unmanaged, magnolia litter, mixed hardwood leaf litter, oak leaf litter, old field, pine woods [%: 66, 80, 82, 86, 88, 95, 99, 100], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woods [%: 49, 56, 77, 84, 91, 92, 94, 96], sandy area, under oak, upland deciduous forest, upland woods, woods)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [mf]; berlese funnel [mf]; flight intercept trap on ground [mf]; pitfall trap [mf] (in leaves [mf], in sand [f], under oak [f])

Type.

Maryland, Chevy Chase

Etymology.

Latin, month collected

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU