Phidippus mystaceus (Hentz, 1846)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 342-343

Phidippus mystaceus (Hentz, 1846)

Phidippus mystaceus Agnew et al. 1985: 8; Carpenter 1972: 162; Comstock 1912: 684, desc.; Comstock 1940: 692; Edwards 2004: 42 [S, T], mf, desc. (figs C14-16, 89-94); Jackman 1997: 168; Peckham and Peckham 1909: 435; Richman and Cutler 1978: 96; Richman et al. 2011b: 57; Richman et al. 2012a: 57; Richman et al. 2012b: 57; Vogel 1970b: 19

Dendryphantes mystaceus (Hentz, 1845); Petrunkevitch 1911: 637; Roewer 1955: 1213

Phidippus incertus Peckham and Peckham, 1901; Bryant 1942: 698; Emerton 1909: 224; Vogel 1970b: 19

Distribution.

Anderson, Archer, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos, Brown, Burnet, Clay, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Denton, Erath, Frio, Grayson, Hardeman, Jones, Kerr, Kimble, Lampasas, Llano, McLennan, Motley, Potter, Sutton, Taylor, Travis, Wichita

Locality.

Medicine Mounds Ranch

Time of activity.

Male (October - November); female (March, September - November)

Habitat.

(crops: sunflower); (landscape features: under rock); (objects: on stake in field); (orchard: orange tree); (soil/woodland: mesquite bush, next to croton field, saltcedar shrub, trees, wild plum thicket, Ulmus crassifolia ); (structures: side of building)

Method.

Beating [mf]; suction trap [m]

Type.

North Carolina

Etymology.

Latin, with moustache

Collection.

MSU, TAMU, WTAM