Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C. L. Koch, 1841)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 383

Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C. L. Koch, 1841)

Parasteatoda tepidariorum Saaristo 2006: 70 [T] (figs 60-63)

Achaearanea tepidariorum (C. L. Koch, 1841); Agnew et al. 1985: 6; Brown 1974: 237; Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 18; Dean and Sterling 1990: 401; Jackman 1997: 52, desc., 168 (photo 18a); Levi 1955a: 32, mf (figs 69-70, 83-84); Levi 1963b: 215; Levi and Randolph 1975: 36; Nyffeler et al. 1988a: 55; Reddell and Cokendolpher 2004: 93; Rice 1986: 124; Vogel 1970b: 22

Distribution.

Eastern ½ Texas; Angelina, Aransas, Bexar, Brazos, Clay, Erath, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Harrison, Hays, Henderson, Hidalgo, Houston, Jefferson, Jim Wells, Kerr, Llano, Lubbock, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Robertson, San Patricio, Titus, Travis, Wichita

Locality.

Lake Corpus Christi State Park, Lick Creek Park

Caves.

Bexar (Robber Barron Cave); Hays ( Ezell’s Cave); Kerr (Seven Room Cave); Llano (Enchanted Rock Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (January, April, September - December); female (March - April, June, August - December)

Habitat.

(landscape features: cave); (littoral: near water); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [mf]); (structures: attached garage, barn, in [garage, house], indoors, storage area, window screen)

Method.

suction trap [mf]

Type.

Germany, Bavaria

Etymology.

Latin, warm water referring to a Roman bath

Collection.

DMNS, JCC, MSU, TAMU, TMM