Phidippus cardinalis (Hentz, 1845)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 339-340

Phidippus cardinalis (Hentz, 1845)

Phidippus cardinalis Agnew et al. 1985: 5; Bradley 2013: 198; Breene et al. 1993c: 24, 48, 70, mf (figs 55A-C); Brown 1974: 237; Cokendolpher 1978 c: 118; Dean et al. 1982: 256; Edwards 2004: 64 [T], mf, desc. (figs C47-48, 197-202); Jackman 1997: 136, desc., 168; Kaston 1978: 257, desc.; Peckham and Peckham 1909: 393; Richman and Cutler 1978: 95; Richman et al. 2011b: 53; Richman et al. 2012a: 53; Richman et al. 2012b: 53; Rogers and Horner 1977: 523; Vogel 1970b: 19; Young and Edwards 1990: 22

Dendryphantes cardinalis (Hentz, 1845); Petrunkevitch 1911: 625

Phidippus mccooki (Peckham and Peckham, 1883); Hunter 1988: 18-20 [Texas record]

Distribution.

Bexar, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Comanche, Coryell, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Freestone, Grayson, Hamilton, Hardeman, Hardin, Hidalgo, Johnson, Kerr, Kleberg, Knox, Montague, Nacogdoches, Runnels, Smith, Travis, Walker, Waller, Wheeler, Wichita, Zavala

Locality.

Ellis Prison Unit, Lick Creek Park, Medicine Mounds Ranch, Riley Estate

Time of activity.

Male (April - November); female (March - June, August - November)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, guar, peanuts); (grass: low grass, sandy grassland); (plants: mixed vegetation); (soil/woodland: ground in woods, post oak savanna with pasture, sandy area); (structures: on fence)

Method.

pitfall trap [mf]; sweeping [m]

Type.

southern United States

Etymology.

Latin, dorsal color (cardinal red)

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, WTAM