Mermessus albulus (Zorsch & Crosby, 1934)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 199

Mermessus albulus (Zorsch & Crosby, 1934)

Mermessus albulus Miller 2007: 255 [T]

Eperigone albula Zorsch and Crosby, 1934; Cokendolpher and Buckle 2004: 71 f, desc. (fig. 1); Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 87; Zorsch and Crosby, 1934: 245, mf, desc. (figs 1A-D)

Eperigone n. sp.; Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 50

Distribution.

Bell, Bexar, Comal, Coryell, Hays, Travis, Williamson

Locality.

Camp Bullis, Fort Hood

Caves.

Bell ([all Fort Hood] Big Crevice, Figure 8 Cave, Fools Cave, Hidden Pit Cave, Keilman Cave, Peep in the Deep Cave, Poison Ivy Pit, Price Pit, Soldiers Cave, Viper Den Cave); Bexar (Bob Wire Cave, Cave No. 194, Eagles Nest Cave [Camp Bullis], Elm Water Hole Cave, Leon Hill Cave [Camp Bullis], Record Fire 1 Pit [Camp Bullis], Toad Cave, Up the Creek Cave [Camp Bullis]); Comal (Washington Cave); Coryell ([all Fort Hood] Copperhead Sink No. 2, Porter Cave, Rocket River C System [B. R.'s Secret Cave]); Hays (Wimberly Bat Cave); Travis (3-Holer Cave, District Park Cave, Moss Pit, No Rent Cave, Wade Sink); Williamson (Avery Ranch Cave, Beck Crevice Cave, Beck Horse Cave, Core Barrel Cave, Lobo’s Lair, Susana Cave, Testudo Cave, Texella Cave Karst Park, Venturi Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (January, March - June, August - October, December); female (January - June, August - September, November - December)

Habitat.

(landscape features: cave); (soil/woodland: leaf litter)

Method.

Berlese funnel [mf]

Type.

Louisiana, Tallulah

Etymology.

Latin, white

Collection.

TMM