Metacyrba taeniola similis Banks, 1904

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 322

Metacyrba taeniola similis Banks, 1904

Metacyrba taeniola similis Edwards 2006: 201, mf, desc. (figs 47-67); Richman et al. 2011b: 30; Richman et al. 2012a: 30; Richman et al. 2012b: 30

Metacyrba taeniola (Hentz, 1846); Vogel 1970b: 18 [part]

Distribution.

Anderson, Brazos, Brewster, Cameron, Dickens, El Paso, Hays, Jeff Davis, Lubbock, Tyler, Wichita

Locality.

Big Bend National Park, Chisos Basin, Chisos Mountains, Davis Mountains, Engeling Wolf Management Area, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Time of activity.

Male (March, June - August, October); female (April - May, July - September, December)

Habitat.

(littoral: dense coastal brush); (plants: miscellaneous vegetation); (soil/woodland: Juniperus managed plot, Juniperus unmanaged plot, palm forest, palm tree, trees/shrubs, under bark); (structures: window of house)

Method.

Beating [f]; flight intercept trap [f]; flight intercept trap elevated [mf]; flight intercept trap on ground [m]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Brazos [eggs hatch, May 21, 1984, 18 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

California, Los Angeles

Etymology.

Latin, similar to Metacyrba taeniola (Hentz, 1846)

Collection.

TAMU