Drassyllus texamans Chamberlin, 1936

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 142-143

Drassyllus texamans Chamberlin, 1936

Drassyllus texamans Agnew et al. 1985: 7; Bowen et al. 2004: 189; Calixto et al. 2013: 182; Chamberlin 1936b: 17, f, desc. (fig. 25); Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 45; Jackman 1997: 115, 163; Platnick and Shadab 1982a: 26 [S], mf, desc. (figs 60-65); Reddell 1965: 171; Roewer 1955: 417; Vogel 1970b: 9; Zolnerowich and Horner 1985: 81

Drassyllus finium Chamberlin, 1936; Chamberlin 1936b: 15, m, desc. (figs 33-34); Roewer 1955: 415; Vogel 1970b: 9

Distribution.

Widespread; Bandera, Bell, Brazos, Brewster, Brown, Burleson, Cameron, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Edwards, Erath, Hardeman, Harris, Hays, Hidalgo, Kerr, Kleberg, Pecos, Potter, Presidio, Randall, Robertson, San Patricio, Sutton, Terrell, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Travis, Wichita, Williamson

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Canoncita Ranch, Fort Hood, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lake Meredith, Lost Maples State Park, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Perkins Scout Reservation, Raven Ranch, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Stiles Farm Foundation, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Welder Wildlife Refuge

Caves.

Bell (Newby Cave [Fort Hood]); Brewster (O.T.L. Cave); Hardeman (Campsey Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (March - July); female (March 3-April 4, April - August, December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton); (grass: grass, grasses); (landscape features: cave); (littoral: near pond); (objects: under barrel); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: anacua groves, forest, ground, Juniperus unmanaged plot, leaf litter, live oak woodland, oak litter, open field, pine litter, post oak savanna with pasture, Quercus litter, sandy area, sandy terrace along river, under [juniper, oak], woods)

Method.

Berlese funnel [mf]; carrion pitfall trap [m]; flight intercept trap [f]; flight intercept trap on ground [m]; pitfall trap [mf] (in sand [mf], in woods [m], near pond [m], under juniper [mf], under oak [mf]); ramp trap [f]; tile trap [f]

Type.

Texas (female, Terrell Co., Sanderson, July 4, 1934, S. Mulaik, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

locality (state)

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, TMM, WTAM