Araneus pegnia (Walckenaer, 1841)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 41

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.570.6095

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CE0DA439-F6F6-4DCF-8225-5700A3C50098

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/62D3DDA8-9FFD-E762-F4A0-76B77B2F72F8

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scientific name

Araneus pegnia (Walckenaer, 1841)
status

 

Araneus pegnia (Walckenaer, 1841)

Araneus pegnia Agnew et al. 1985: 7; Brown 1974: 231; Dondale et al. 2003: 213, mf, desc. (figs 444-450); Jackman 1997: 161; Levi 1973: 546 [S], mf, desc. (figs 426-438); Vogel 1970b: 3

Neosconella pegnia (Walckenaer, 1841); Knutson et al. 2010: 515

Araneus globosus (Keyserling, 1865); Jones 1936: 70

Distribution.

Eastern ½ Texas; Brazos, Cameron, Comanche, Dallas, Erath, Hidalgo, Howard, Menard, Nacogdoches, Sutton, Travis, Wichita, Williamson

Locality.

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Riley Estate, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge

Time of activity.

Male (April - June, August - November); female (May - November)

Habitat.

(nest/prey: mud dauber nest [mf]); (orchard: grapefruit, orange, tangerine); (plants: goldenrod); (soil/woodland: saltcedar, trees, trees/shrubs, Juniperus ashei , Quercus buckleyi ); (web: orbweb)

Method.

Beating [mf]; suction trap [m]; sweeping [m]

Type.

Georgia

Etymology.

undetermined

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Araneidae

Genus

Araneus