Acanthepeira stellata (Walckenaer, 1805)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 35-36

Acanthepeira stellata (Walckenaer, 1805)

Acanthepeira stellata Agnew et al. 1982: 631; Agnew et al. 1985: 3; Breene et al. 1993c: 10, 47, 103, mf (figs 152A-C); Brown 1974: 231; Calixto et al. 2013: 181; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 8, 13 (fig. 2); Dean and Eger 1986: 141; Dean and Sterling 1985: 116; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6; Dean and Sterling 1990: 402, 404; Dean and Sterling 1992: 3-4; Dean et al. 1982: 254; Dean et al. 1987: 268; Dean et al. 1988: 285-286; Dondale et al. 2003: 309, mf, desc. (figs 726-732); Jackman 1997: 72, desc., 161 (photo 21b); Kagan 1942: 34; Kagan 1943: 258; Levi 1976: 364, mf, desc. (figs 12-23); McDaniel et al. 1981: 104; Nuessly and Sterling 1984: 97; Nyffeler and Sterling 1994: 1295, 1298; Nyffeler et al. 1987a: 356; Nyffeler et al. 1987b: 1119; Nyffeler et al. 1987c: 368; Nyffeler et al. 1988a: 55; Nyffeler et al. 1989: 374, 377; Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 2; Pamanes-Guerrero 1975: 16, 34, 37, 41, 59, 63, 78, 81; Rapp 1984: 4; Roberts 2001: 48; Rogers and Horner 1977: 523; Sterling et al. 1979: 979; Vogel 1970b: 3; Woods and Harrel 1976: 43; Young and Edwards 1990: 14

Marxia stellata (Hentz, 1805); Jones 1936: 70

Acanthepeira stellata (Marx); Kaston 1972: 148, desc. (fig. 333)

Distribution.

Eastern 2/3 Texas; Archer, Bastrop, Bee, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Cameron, Carson, Clay, Collin, Colorado, Dallas, Delta, Erath, Fannin, Fayette, Fort Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Grayson, Grimes, Houston, Hunt, Jefferson, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Limestone, McLennan, Nacogdoches, Nueces, Potter, Robertson, Sabine, Travis, Victoria, Walker, Wharton, Wichita, Willacy, Williamson, Young

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Ellis Prison Unit, Galveston Island State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Pantex Plant, Ramsey Prison Farm, Sam Houston State Park, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (March - September, November - December); female (February - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, guar, peanuts, rice); (grass: grassland, grassy and shrub area, pasture, shrubs and tall grass); (littoral: playa, near playa, salt marsh area); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [mf]); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, croton, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, Coreopsis sp., Monarda citriodora ); (soil/woodland: beech-magnolia forest, pine); (structures: around house)

Method.

cardboard band [m]; malaise trap [m]; pitfall trap [m]; suction trap [m]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

Carolina (of 1805)

Etymology.

Latin, starred

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, TTU