Naphrys acerba (Peckham & Peckham, 1909)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 324-325

Naphrys acerba (Peckham & Peckham, 1909)

Naphrys acerba Edwards 2003: 69 [T], 73, mf (figs 5-8); Richman et al. 2011b: 34; Richman et al. 2012a: 34; Richman et al. 2012b: 34

Habrocestum acerbum Peckham and Peckham, 1909; Banks 1910: 69; Cokendolpher 1978 c: 118; Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 53; Hill 1979: 194; Jackman 1997: 167; Peckham and Peckham 1909: 522; Petrunkevitch 1911: 655; Richman 1981: 202, mf, desc. (figs 12-15); Richman and Cutler 1978: 85; Roewer 1955: 1120; Vincent and Frankie 1985: 380; Vogel 1970b: 17

Distribution.

Southern 2/3 Texas; Aransas, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Brewster, Cameron, Comal, Culberson, DeWitt, Edwards, Hays, Hidalgo, Hood, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, McLennan, Nueces, Real, San Patricio, Starr, Terrell, Travis, Uvalde, Zapata

Locality.

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Estero Llano Grande State Park, Fort Hood, Lost Maples State Park, Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Caves.

Bell (Road Side Sink [Fort Hood])

Time of activity.

Male (March - April, April 26-May 10, July - September); female (March 4-April 3, March 26-April 2, April - July)

Habitat.

(grass: grass); (landscape features: cave); (soil/woodland: live oak, oak-cedar scrub, riparian mesquite forest)

Method.

carrion pitfall trap [mf]; flight intercept trap [f]; pitfall trap [mf]

Type.

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

Etymology.

Latin, rough

Collection.

MSU, NMSU, TAMU, TMM