Drassyllus dromeus Chamberlin, 1922

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 136

Drassyllus dromeus Chamberlin, 1922

Drassyllus dromeus Agnew et al. 1985: 7; Bowen et al. 2004: 188; Chamberlin 1922: 169, m, desc.; Chamberlin 1936a: 23; Jackman 1997: 115, 163; Platnick and Dondale 1992: 135, mf, desc. (figs 212-215); Platnick and Shadab 1982a: 62 [S], mf, desc. (figs 178-183); Roewer 1955: 414; Trevino 2014: 11; Vogel 1970b: 9; Yantis 2005: 197; Zolnerowich and Horner 1985: 81

Drassyllus devexus Chamberlin, 1936; Brown 1974: 233; Reddell 1970: 405; Smith and Reddell 1971: 24; Vogel 1970b: 9

Distribution.

Western 2/3 Texas; Archer, Brazos, Cameron, Comal, Erath, Hardeman, Hays, Hidalgo, Houston, Jeff Davis, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Lubbock, Nacogdoches, Presidio, San Patricio, Starr, Travis, Tyler, Webb, Wichita

Locality.

Angelina National Forest, Kirby State Forest, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Medicine Mounds Ranch, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Caves.

Kimble (Garter Snake Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (January - May, November 20-December 4, December); female (February - June, October, December, December 17-January 8)

Habitat.

(grass: grass); (landscape features: cave, under rock); (objects: under [board, brick, sheet metal]); (soil/woodland: on ground in woods, Juniperus managed plot, Juniperus unmanaged plot, loblolly pine managed, pine woods [%: 95], post oak savanna with pasture, riparian mesquite forest, thorn thicket, under [bark, juniper, oak], willow tree bark); (structures: indoors, on floor in house)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [f]; carrion trap [m]; flight intercept trap on ground [m]; pitfall trap [mf] (under Juniper [m], under oak [f]); sweeping

Type.

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

Etymology.

Greek, running

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, TMM, WTAM