Peucetia viridans (Hentz, 1832)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 262-263

Peucetia viridans (Hentz, 1832)

Peucetia viridans Agnew et al. 1982: 631; Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Bonnet 1958: 3492; Brady 1964: 506 [S], mf, desc. (figs 136-148, 158-161); Breene 1988: 23-26, 35, 39-40; Breene et al. 1988: 180-181; Breene et al. 1989: 162; Breene et al. 1993c: 21, 48, 92, mf (figs 121A-C); Brown 1974: 235; Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 17; Calixto et al. 2013: 183; Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Dean et al. 1987: 268; Dean et al. 1988: 285, 287; Jackman 1997: 104, desc., 166 (photo 29c); Jones 1936: 69; Kagan 1942: 39; Kagan 1943: 258; Killebrew and Ford 1985: 376; Nuessly and Sterling 1984: 97; Nyffeler et al. 1987a: 356-357; Nyffeler et al. 1992a: 1181; Nyffeler et al. 1992b: 1459-1460; Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 2; Pamanes-Guerrero 1975: 16, 34, 37, 42, 60, 63, 78, 81; Rapp 1984: 6; Sterling et al. 1979: 979; Taber and Fleenor 2003: 231; Taylor and Pfannenstiel 2008: 999; Vogel 1970b: 16; Young and Edwards 1990: 20

Peucetia abboti Walckenaer, 1837; Woods and Harrel 1976: 43

Puecetia viridans (Hentz, 1832); Knutson et al. 2010: 515

Distribution.

Widespread; Anderson, Aransas, Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazoria, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Cameron, Colorado, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas, DeWitt, Erath, Fayette, Frio, Galveston, Gillespie, Hamilton, Hidalgo, Houston, Howard, Jack, Jefferson, Jim Wells, Leon, Limestone, McLennan, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Polk, Presidio, Rains, Reeves, Robertson, San Patricio, Smith, Sutton, Travis, Val Verde, Victoria, Walker, Webb, Wichita, Willacy, Williamson, Zapata, Zavala

Locality.

5-Eagle Ranch, Adriance Pecan Orchard, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Ellis Prison Unit, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lick Creek Park, Ramsey Prison Farm, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Stiles Farm Foundation

Time of activity.

Male (June - October); female (April, June - November)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts, rice); (grass: grassland, pasture, tall grass and weeds in pastures); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [mf]); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, croton, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, rose bush, vegetation, Ambrosia sp., Lectuca sp., Monarda citriodora , Veronia sp.); (soil/woodland: forest, open field, pine, prairie, saltcedar, sandy area, Juniperus ashei , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia )

Method.

cardboard band [imm.]; D-Vac suction [m]; suction trap [m]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

North Carolina and Alabama

Etymology.

Latin, color, green

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, NMSU, TAMU