Eris militaris (Hentz, 1845)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 301-302

Eris militaris (Hentz, 1845)

Eris militaris Breene et al. 1993c: 22, 48, 69, mf (figs 54A-C); Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 18; Calixto et al. 2013: 184-185, 187; Henderson 2007: 60-61, 78, 81, 84; Jackman 1997: 130, 167 (photo 41b); Jackman et al. 2007: 199; Lombardini et al. 2005: 1378; Maddison 1986: 141, mf (figs 2-7) [S]; Richman et al. 2011b: 9; Richman et al. 2012a: 8; Richman et al. 2012b: 9; Young and Edwards 1990: 21

Dendryphantes militaris (Hentz, 1845); Jones 1936: 69

Paraphidippus marginatus Walckenaer, 1837; Kagan 1942: 64; Kagan 1943: 258

Eris marginata (Walckenaer, 1837); Agnew et al. 1985: 5; Bonnet 1956: 1789; Dean et al. 1982: 255; Hunter 1988: 18; Liao et al. 1984: 411; Rapp 1984: 8; Vogel 1970b: 17

Eris marginatus (Walckenaer, 1837); Brown 1974: 236; Carpenter 1972: 163

Distribution.

North-central, central and south Texas; Archer, Brazos, Burleson, Burleson/Lee, Cameron, Clay, Comanche, Dallas, Edwards, Ellis, Erath, Galveston, Grayson, Hood, Hunt, Kerr, Lee, Martin, Mason, McLennan, Medina, Nacogdoches, Nolan, Randall, Robertson, Sabine, San Patricio, Travis, Trinity, Uvalde, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Brison Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Garner State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lake Somerville State Park [Nails Creek Unit], Lake Tawakoni State Park, Lick Creek Park, Nabor’s Lake, Proctor Lake, Sam Houston National Forest, Storey Pecan Orchard, Stubblefield Lake, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Zilker Park

Time of activity.

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

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts); (grass: grassy and shrub area); (landscape features: under rock); (littoral: creek bank, salt marsh area, sedge meadow); (orchard: pecan); (plants: honey suckle, Indian paintbrush, vegetation); (soil/woodland: ash bark, beech-magnolia forest, cottonwood, oak, old field, post oak savanna, sandy area, trees, upland woods, willow, woodland, woods, Juniperus ashei , Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia ); (structures: at home, car window); (web: large spider web)

Method.

Beating [mf]; beating/sweeping [mf]; boll weevil pheromone trap [mf]; cardboard band [mf]; fogging [mf]; irrigation tubing [mf]; malaise trap [m]; pitfall trap [m]; sweeping [mf]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Brazos [eggsac laid March 31, 1978, hatched April 12, 9 spiders, 22 eggs infertile]; [eggsac laid March 29, 1978, hatched April 9, 66 spiderlings]; [eggsac laid April 2, 1978, hatched April 12; 23 spiderlings]; [eggsac laid March 9, 1978, hatched March 17, 38 spiderlings; second eggsac laid March 27, 1978, hatched April 12, 1 spiderling, 17 eggs infertile; eggsac laid April 2, 1978, hatched April 12, 32 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

North Carolina and Alabama

Etymology.

Latin, referring to a soldier

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, NMSU, TAMU, TTU, WTAM