Metacyrba taeniola taeniola (Hentz, 1846)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 322

Metacyrba taeniola taeniola (Hentz, 1846)

Metacyrba taeniola taeniola Edwards 2006: 204, mf, desc. (figs 68-78, 99) [see note below]; Richman et al. 2011b: 30; Richman et al. 2012a: 30; Richman et al. 2012b: 30

Metacyrba taeniola (Hentz, 1846); Agnew et al. 1985: 8; Barnes 1958: 30, mf, desc. (figs 47-51); Brown 1974: 236; Carpenter 1972: 166; Hunter 1988: 18, 20; Jackman 1997: 133, desc., 167; Jones 1936: 69; Milstead 1958: 446; Peckham and Peckham 1909: 486; Petrunkevitch 1911: 673; Vogel 1970b: 18

Distribution.

Archer, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Bosque, Brazos, Brewster, Brown, Burleson, Caldwell, Cameron, Clay, Coryell, Crockett, Dallas, El Paso, Ellis, Erath, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Kerr, Nacogdoches, Presidio, San Patricio, Starr, Sutton, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde, Waller, Wichita, Zapata

Locality.

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Big Bend National Park, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Chisos Basin, Chisos Mountains, Davis Mountains, Falcon Lake State Park, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Lick Creek Park, Lomita Ranch, Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Raven Ranch

Time of activity.

Male (January - October, December); female (January - December)

Habitat.

(grass: under rock in grassland); (landscape features: crevice in rocky ledge, loose stones, under rock); (nest/prey: in nest on shelter, stomach of Cnemidophorus tigris ); (plants: flower, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation, weeds); (soil/woodland: forest, in log, Juniperus managed plot, Juniperus unmanaged plot, oak tree, palm tree, post oak savanna with pasture, re-vegetated site, savanna with native grasses, under bark, woods, Ulmus crassifolia ); (structures: in house, inside on window, on [table on patio, window patio], window, window screen)

Method.

Beating [f]; beating/sweeping [f]; cardboard band [m]; flight intercept trap on ground [mf]; Lindgren flight trap [m]; pitfall trap [mf]; suction trap [f]; sweeping [f]

Type.

North Carolina and Alabama

Etymology.

Latin, a band or ribbon

Collection.

MSU, NMSU, TAMU

Note.

32 miles SE Laredo is in Zapata Co., not Webb Co. based on other records from this date.