Eustala cepina (Walckenaer, 1841)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 47-48

Eustala cepina (Walckenaer, 1841)

Eustala cepina Breene et al. 1993c: 11, 47, 104, mf (figs 156A-C); Calixto et al. 2013: 181; Dean and Eger 1986: 141; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6; Dean and Sterling 1990: 404; Dondale et al. 2003: 271, mf, desc. (figs 622-631); Jackman 1997: 161; Levi 1977a: 118, mf, desc. (figs 233-252, 286-290, 303-308, 316)

Distribution.

Eastern ½ Texas; Archer, Brazos, Cameron, Clay, Colorado, Comanche, Dickens, Fayette (imm.), Hunt, Montague, Robertson, Throckmorton, Travis, Walker, Wichita, Willacy, Williamson

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Holmes Pecan Orchard

Time of activity.

Male (March - July); female (March - August)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, vegetation); (soil/woodland: tree, trees/shrubs, Quercus buckleyi )

Method.

Beating [f]; cardboard band [f]; fogging [mf]; suction trap [m]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

Georgia

Etymology.

Latin, field

Collection.

MSU, TAMU