Misumessus oblongus (Keyserling, 1880)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 408

Misumessus oblongus (Keyserling, 1880)

Misumessus oblongus Calixto et al. 2013: 185; Lehtinen and Marusik 2008: 195 [T]

Misumenops oblongus (Keyserling, 1880); Agnew et al. 1985: 5; Breene et al. 1993c: 30, 48, 78, mf (figs 78A-C); Brown 1974: 238; Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 17; Cokendolpher et al. 1979: 732; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6; Dean and Sterling 1990: 403; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Gertsch 1939a: 319, mf, desc. (figs 44-45, 62-63); Jackman 1997: 125, desc., 169; Jones 1936: 69; Liao et al. 1984: 410; Rapp 1984: 8; Rydzak and Killebrew 1982: 7; Vincent and Frankie 1985: 380; Vogel 1970b: 26; Woods and Harrel 1976: 44; Young and Edwards 1990: 24

Distribution.

Archer, Brazos, Burleson, Comanche, Dallas, Delta, Erath, Fannin, Frio, Galveston, Hill, Jefferson, Johnson, Kerr, Llano, Nacogdoches, Polk, Presidio, Robertson, Smith, Travis, Walker, Wharton, Wichita, Young

Locality.

Adriance Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Galveston Island State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard

Time of activity.

Male (April - September); female (May - October)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts, rice); (littoral: salt marsh); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [mf]); (orchard: pecan); (plants: vegetation, Baccharis ); (soil/woodland: cedar elm, live oak, sandy area, willow, woods, Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia ); (structures: on ground under clothes line)

Method.

Ballooning [m]; beating [m]; cardboard band [m]; D-Vac suction [m]; fogging [mf]; suction trap [m]; sweeping [m]

Type.

Maryland, Baltimore; Illinois, Peoria

Etymology.

Latin, oblong

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU