Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 53

Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757)

Larinioides cornutus Dondale et al. 2003: 184, mf, desc. (figs 395-401); Grasshoff 1983: 227 [T]; Guarisco 2008b: 5; Jackman 1997: 80, desc., 161; Jackman et al. 2007: 199; Roberts 2001: 48

Nuctenea cornuta (Clerck, 1757); Agnew et al. 1985: 7; Levi 1974: 306 [S, T], mf, desc. (figs 61-62, 67-76, 94, 97-98, 110-111, 118-119, 126); Rapp 1984: 5

Araneus cornutus Clerck, 1757; Vogel 1970b: 3

Epeira strix Hentz, 1847; Jones 1936: 70

Distribution.

Eastern 2/3 Texas; Archer, Baylor, Brown, Burnet, Clay, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Galveston, Grayson, Hood, Hunt, Lee, Palo Pinto, Potter, Travis, Wichita

Locality.

Galveston Island State Park, Inks Lake State Park, Lake Somerville State Park [Nails Creek Unit], Lake Tawakoni State Park, Lakeside Park South, Proctor Lake, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (March - April, June, August - September, November); female (January - May, July - December)

Habitat.

(grass: grassy and shrub area, pasture); (littoral: salt marsh area); (soil/woodland: sandy area, tree, under bark); (structures: house); (web: communal web, dead in web, large spider web)

Method.

Beating [mf]; pitfall trap; sweeping

Type.

Sweden

Etymology.

Latin, referring to horn or projection

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU