Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1838)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 63

Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1838)

Neoscona crucifera Calixto et al. 2013: 181; Dondale et al. 2003: 173, mf, desc, (figs 372-377); Guarisco 2008b: 5; Jackman 1997: 161; Jackman et al. 2007: 199; Knutson et al. 2010: 515; Levi 1993a: 231 [S]; Roberts 2001: 49; Yantis 2005: 197

Neoscona hentzii (Keyserling, 1864); Agnew et al. 1985: 7; Berman and Levi 1971: 478, mf, desc. (figs 51-58, 128); Hoffmaster 1985: 627

Distribution.

Widespread; Archer, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Brown, Clay, Comanche, Erath, Gillespie, Howard, Hunt, Leon, Nacogdoches, Potter, Presidio, Robertson, Runnels, San Patricio, Tarrant, Tom Green, Travis, Walker, Washington, Wheeler, Wichita

Locality.

Big Bend Ranch State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lake Tawakoni State Park, Riley Estate, Stubblefield Lake Recreation Area, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (April, July - October); female (June - November)

Habitat.

(littoral: palmetto-cypress swamp); (orchard: pecan, pecan orchard); (soil/woodland: juniper, post oak woods [%: 90], saltcedar, wetland/woodland park); (structures: bedroom, outside house, under house eave); (web: in web, in web in woods, large spider web, on web in bosque, web under eave of house)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [f]; beating [mf]; black light trap [m]; cardboard band [f]; fogging [mf]; suction trap [f]; tile trap [m]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Comanche [eggsac laid June 1, 2001, hatched July 12; 533 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

Canary Islands

Etymology.

Latin, cross-bearing

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, NMSU, TAMU