Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch, 1844)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 45

Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch, 1844)

Eriophora ravilla Bradley 2013: 89; Breene et al. 1993c: 11, 47, 103, mf (figs 154A-D); Dean et al. 1982: 254; Jackman 1997: 77, desc., 161 (photo 21k); Levi 1971b: 286 [S, T], mf, desc. (figs 7-24); Roewer 1942: 866; Young and Edwards 1990: 15

Epeira ravilla C. L. Koch, 1844; Banks 1910: 43; Marx 1890: 547; McCook 1893: 161

Araneus ravillus (C. L. Koch, 1844); Petrunkevitch 1911: 312

Epeira balaustina McCook, 1888; McCook 1893: 155

Epeira bivariolata O. P.-Cambridge, 1889; McCook 1893: 159

Araneus balaustinus (McCook, 1888); Petrunkevitch 1911: 281

Eriophora variolata O. P.-Cambridge, 1889; F. O. P.- Cambridge 1903: 464

Araneus variolatus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889); Petrunkevitch 1911: 323; Vogel 1970b: 3

Distribution.

Southeast and south Texas; Aransas, Brazoria, Brazos, Cameron, Harris, Hidalgo, Nacogdoches, Nueces, Walker

Locality.

Ellis Prison Unit, Frontera Audubon, Lick Creek Park, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Russell Farm, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge

Time of activity.

Male (March - April, November); female (March - June, August, October - November)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton); (grass: grasses); (orchard: orange, grapefruit); (soil/woodland: forest, palm forest); (structures: around house)

Method.

Beating [mf]; sweeping [m]

Type.

Mexico

Etymology.

Latin, gray-yellow

Collection.

NMSU, TAMU