Leptoctenus byrrhus Simon, 1888

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 81

Leptoctenus byrrhus Simon, 1888

Leptoctenus byrrhus Broussard and Horner 2006: 253; Cokendolpher 1993: 39; Gertsch 1935b: 24, mf (figs 56-60); Gertsch 1939b: 25; Jackman 1997: 162; Peck 1981: 166, mf, desc. (figs 20-21, 24-25); Polotow and Brescovit 2014: Appendix S1; Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 77; Richman et al. 2011a: 47; Roth 1982: 14-1; Roth 1985: B-9-1; Roth 1994: 86; Sissom et al. 1999: 261, f, desc. (figs 1-2); Ubick and Dávilla 2005: 84

Ctenus byrrhus (Simon, 1888); Bonnet 1956: 1277; Comstock 1940: 569, desc.; Reddell 1965: 170 [part]; Vogel 1970b: 7

Distribution.

Central and south Texas; Bandera, Bexar, Brewster, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Presidio, Starr, Terrell, Val Verde

Locality.

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Big Bend National Park, Chihuahuan desert, Chisos Basin, Chisos Mountains, Dalquest Research Site, Lost Maples State Park, Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary

Caves.

Bexar (Get A Rope Cave, Up the Creek Cave); Medina (Haby Bat Cave); Terrell (Longley Cave); Val Verde (Diablo Cave, Ladder Cave, Langtry East Gypsum Cave, Unnamed Cave No. 8)

Time of activity.

Male (February 28-March 13, March 26-April 1, April - October); female (July - September, November)

Habitat.

(grass: grass); (landscape features: cave, under rock); (soil/woodland: forest litter, palm forest, re-vegetated site, upland deciduous forest)

Method.

carrion trap [m]; flight intercept trap on ground [m]; pitfall trap [mf]; yellow pan trap [m]

Type.

Mexico

Etymology.

Latin, red

Collection.

MCZ, MSU, TAMU, TMM