Zelotes pseustes Chamberlin, 1922

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Zelotes pseustes Chamberlin, 1922

Zelotes pseustes Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Bonnet 1959: 4944; Bowen et al. 2004: 190; Calixto et al. 2013: 182; Chamberlin 1922: 164, m, desc.; Henderson 2007: 53, 76, 79, 83; Jackman 1997: 116, 164; Platnick and Shadab 1983: 119, mf, desc. (figs 37-42); Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 85; Roewer 1955: 471; Trevino 2014: 13; Vogel 1970b: 10; Yantis 2005: 199; Young and Edwards 1990: 17; Zolnerowich and Horner 1985: 83

Zelotes subterraneus (C. Koch, 1833); Chamberlin 1936a: 18; Vogel 1970b: 10 [Texas records]

Distribution.

North-central, central, and south Texas; Archer, Baylor, Bexar, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Gonzales, Haskell, Hidalgo, Jeff Davis, Kenedy, Kerr, Kleberg, La Salle, Leon, Nueces, Palo Pinto, Parker, San Patricio, San Saba, Sutton, Travis, Webb, Wichita

Locality.

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Chaparral Wildlife Management Area, Kenedy Ranch, Lick Creek Park, Raven Ranch, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Welder Wildlife Refuge

Caves.

Bexar (Vera Cruz Shaft)

Time of activity.

Male (January - December); female (January, March - June, June 28-July 2, August, October, October 30-November 6, December)

Habitat.

(crops: peanuts); (grass: grass, short grass); (landscape features: cave, under rock); (littoral: edge of pond, sand dune area); (objects: under board); (orchard: pecan); (plants: under dead yucca, Opuntia sp.); (soil/woodland: acacia area, anacua groves, dead leaves, forest, hackberry matte, hackberry woodland, leaf litter, litter, live oak forest, live oak woodland, mesquite woods, post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woods [%: 44, 71], sandy area, sandy brushland, upland woods, woods); (structures: garage)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [mf]; carrion trap [m]; flight intercept trap [f]; pitfall trap [mf] (edge of pond [m], in dead leaves [m], in leaves [mf], in sand [m], in woods [m]); swine feces pitfall trap [f]

Type.

Texas (male, Travis Co., Austin, no date, no collector, holotype, MCZ)

Etymology.

Greek, false

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, TMM