Zygoballus sexpunctatus (Hentz, 1845)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 357

Zygoballus sexpunctatus (Hentz, 1845)

Zygoballus sexpunctatus Armstrong and Richman 2007: 396; Brown 1974: 237; Cokendolpher 1978 c: 118; Dean and Sterling 1990: 403, 405; Jackman 1997: 168; Kaston 1953: 115, desc. (fig. 280); Kaston 1972: 266, desc. (fig. 600); Kaston 1978: 254, desc. (fig. 649); Peckham and Peckham 1909: 583, mf, desc. (pl. 51, fig. 11); Petrunkevitch 1911: 720; Richman and Cutler 1978: 101; Richman et al. 2011b: 78; Richman et al. 2012a: 78; Richman et al. 2012b: 78; Vogel 1970b: 20

Zygoballus nervosus (Peckham and Peckham, 1888); Breene et al. 1993c: 25, 48, 69 (fig. 53); Dean and Eger 1986: 143; Dean and Sterling 1990: 405; Dean et al. 1982: 256; Young and Edwards 1990: 23 [all misidentified]

Zygoballus rufipes Peckham and Peckham, 1885; Dean and Eger 1986: 143; Dean and Sterling 1987: 7 [misidentified]

Distribution.

Blanco, Brazos, Burleson, Cameron, Colorado, Comal, Coryell, Fayette, Hidalgo, Lavaca, McMullen, Nacogdoches, San Patricio, Tyler, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Browning Ranch, Ellis Prison Unit, Estero Llano Grande State Park, Kirby State Forest, Lick Creek Park, Russell Farm, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Welder Wildlife Refuge

Time of activity.

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

Habitat.

(crops: cotton); (littoral: sedge meadow); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [mf]); (orchard: organic citrus grove); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, vegetation); (soil/woodland: hackberry matte, post oak savanna, post oak savanna with pasture)

Method.

Boll weevil pheromone trap [m]; D-Vac suction [m]; pitfall trap [mf]; suction trap [mf]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

North Carolina

Etymology.

Latin, spots on abdomen

Collection.

MSU, NMSU, TAMU