Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 380

Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935

Latrodectus hesperus Cokendolpher 1993: 39-40; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 11, 53 (fig. 14, photo 40-46); Jackman 1997: 55, desc., 169; Kaston 1970: 39 [S], mf, desc. (figs 5b, 8-11, 13e, f, h); Kaston 1972: 102, desc. (figs 231-233); Kaston 1978: 101, desc. (figs 249-251); Knutson et al. 2010: 516; Roberts 2001: 48; Zhang et al. 2004: 349

Latrodectus mactans hesperus Chamberlin and Ivie, 1935; Chamberlin and Ivie 1935a: 15, mf, desc. (figs 1, 4, 6-14, 21, 23-33); Keegan 1955: 148; Levi 1969: 72

Latrodectus mactans texanus Chamberlin and Ivie, 1935; Chamberlin and Ivie 1935a: 14, mf, desc. (figs 3, 15-18); Comstock 1940: 374; Keegan 1955: 148; Vogel 1970b: 24

Distribution.

Bastrop, Brewster, Carson, Culberson, Floyd, Garza, Howard, Johnson, Kent, Loving, Lubbock, Potter, Presidio

Locality.

Big Bend Ranch State Park, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Caves.

Culberson (Gully Cave, Jack Rabbit Cave)

Time of activity.

Female (August - September)

Habitat.

(grass: grassland); (landscape features: cave, sheltered rock face); (soil/woodland: saltcedar)

Method.

pitfall trap

Type.

Utah, Salt Lake City

Etymology.

Greek, western

Collection.

DMNS, JCC, NMSU, TAMU, TMM