Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1841)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 45-46

Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1841)

Eustala anastera Agnew et al. 1985: 3; Armstrong and Richman 2007: 395; Bonnet 1956: 1837; Breene et al. 1993c: 11, 47, 104, mf (figs 155A-C); Brown 1974: 232; Calixto et al. 2013: 181; Dean and Eger 1986: 141; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6; Dean and Sterling 1990: 402, 404; Dean et al. 1982: 254; Dean et al. 1988: 285-286; Dondale et al. 2003: 267, mf, desc. (figs 600-611); Jackman 1997: 78, desc., 161 (photo 21l); Kagan 1942: 30; Kagan 1943: 258; Knutson et al. 2010: 515; Levi 1977a: 114 [S], mf, desc. (figs 205-232, 280-285, 298-302, 314-315); Liao et al. 1984: 410; Rapp 1984: 4; Rogers and Horner 1977: 523; Young and Edwards 1990: 15

Epeira anastera Walckenaer, 1841; McCook 1893: 172

Eustala anestera (Walckenaer, 1841); Vogel 1970b: 4

Eustala prompta (Hentz, 1847); Jones 1936: 70

Distribution.

Widespread; Archer, Atascosa, Bastrop, Baylor, Bee, Blanco, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Cameron, Clay, Collin, Colorado, Comanche, Dallas, Erath, Galveston, Gillespie, Hidalgo, Houston, Howard, Hunt, McLennan, Montague, Nacogdoches, Nueces, Orange, Presidio, Robertson, Scurry, Travis, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Frontera Audubon, Galveston Island State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lick Creek Park, Proctor Lake, Russell Farm, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary

Time of activity.

Male (March - October); female (April - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, guar, peanuts); (grass: grass, grassland, grassy and shrub area, pasture); (littoral: salt marsh area, sandy area); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [f]); (objects: croton cage); (orchard: grapefruit, orange, pecan, sour orange, tangerine); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, vegetation); (soil/woodland: brush, mesquite, saltcedar, trees/shrubs, Juniperus ashei , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia )

Method.

Beating [m]; beating/sweeping [f]; black light trap [m]; boll weevil pheromone trap [mf]; cardboard band [mf]; D-Vac suction [f]; fogging [mf]; pitfall trap [mf]; suction trap [mf]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

Georgia

Etymology.

Greek, solid throughout

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, NMSU, TAMU