Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1841)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 366

Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1841)

Leucauge venusta Agnew et al. 1985: 7; Breene et al. 1993b: 648; Brown 1974: 232; Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 54; Dean and Eger 1986: 141; Dean and Sterling 1990: 404; Dondale et al. 2003: 51, mf, desc. (figs 44-51); Jackman 1997: 66, desc., 168; Kaston 1953: 197, desc. (fig. 483); Kaston 1972: 141, desc. (fig. 315); Kaston 1978: 135, desc. (fig. 338); Levi 1980: 25 [T], mf, desc. (figs 44-59); Reddell 1970: 404; Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 91; Roth 1994: 170; Taber and Fleenor 2003: 236; Vogel 1970b: 5

Argyroepeira venusta (Walckenaer, 1841); McCook 1893: 242

Distribution.

Eastern ½ Texas; Archer, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Cameron, Comal, Edwards, Erath, Grimes, Hidalgo, Houston, Hunt, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Red River, Travis, Upshur, Walker

Locality.

Buescher State Park, Ellis Prison Unit, Fort Hood, Lake Tawakoni State Park, Lick Creek Park, Sam Houston National Forest, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Stubblefield Lake

Caves.

Bell ([all Fort Hood] C. B. Cave, Keilman Cave, Violet Cave); Comal (Little Gem Cave No. 1); Edwards ( Devil’s Sinkhole); Travis (La Crosse Cave [questionable])

Time of activity.

Male (April); female (April - November)

Habitat.

(crops: sugarcane); (grass: grasses, pasture); (landscape features: cave); (littoral: creek bank); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [f] Chalybion californicum ); (plants: Indian paintbrush); (soil/woodland: oak, palm forest margin [resaca bank], trees/shrubs, Quercus buckleyi ); (web: web between shrub)

Method.

Beating [mf]; beating/sweeping [f]; suction trap [f]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

Georgia

Etymology.

Latin, elegant or charming

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, TMM