Xysticus auctificus Keyserling, 1880

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 413-414

Xysticus auctificus Keyserling, 1880

Xysticus auctificus Agnew et al. 1985: 8, 11; Breene et al. 1993c: 30, 48, 80, mf (figs 84A-B); Brown 1974: 238; Cokendolpher et al. 1979: 732; Dean and Eger 1986: 142; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Gertsch 1939a: 361, mf, desc. (figs 176-177, 188); Gertsch 1953: 431; Jackman 1997: 126, 170 (photo 40f); Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 2; Roberts 2001: 51; Vogel 1970b: 26; Young and Edwards 1990: 24

Distribution.

Atascosa, Bee, Bexar, Bosque, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Cameron, Cass, Colorado, Coryell, Dallas, Erath, Fayette, Gillespie, Gonzales, Hays, Kendall, Kerr, Lampasas, Leon, Montague, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Nueces, Palo Pinto, Potter, Robertson, San Patricio, Somervell, Travis, Victoria, Walker, Wichita, Wise

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Ellis Prison Unit, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lacuna Park, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (March - June, August); female (January, April - July)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton); (littoral: near pond); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [mf]); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, roadside vegetation, Aphonostephus sp., Gaillardia pulchella , Monarda citriodora , Thelesperma sp.); (soil/woodland: cedar litter, edge of woods, post oak savanna with pasture, sandy area, savanna, woods); (structures: brick wall)

Method.

Ballooning [f]; light trap; pitfall trap [mf] (in sand [m], in woods [f], near pond [m]); sweeping [mf]; tile trap [f]; yellow pan trap [m]

Eggs/spiderlings.

North-central Texas [58 eggs; 117 eggs] [ Cokendolpher et al. 1979: 732]

Type.

Colorado

Etymology.

Latin, augmentation

Collection.

MSU, TAMU