Erigone autumnalis Emerton, 1882

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 190

Erigone autumnalis Emerton, 1882

Erigone autumnalis Agnew et al. 1985: 3, 9; Breene et al. 1993c: 17, 47, 108, mf (figs 170A-C); Brown 1974: 234; Bryant 1940: 326; Buckle et al. 2001: 115; Calixto et al. 2013: 182, 182, 185, 187, 190; Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 50; Crosby and Bishop 1928: 19, mf, desc. (figs 18-20); 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: 286; Henderson 2007: 29, 52-54, 56, 59, 66, 77, 79, 83; Jackman 1997: 164; Jones 1936: 70; Liao et al. 1984: 410; Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 2; Pamanes-Guerrero 1975: 41, 59, 78, 81; Roth 1988: 8; Vogel 1970b: 11; Young and Edwards 1990: 18

Distribution.

Angelina, Atascosa, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Collin, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Delta, Erath, Fayette, Hidalgo, Houston, Kerr, Nacogdoches, Robertson, Travis, Walker, Wichita, Williamson

Locality.

5-Eagle Ranch, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bastrop State Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Fort Hood, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lick Creek Park, NK Ranch, Sam Houston National Forest, Somerville Lake, Stiles Farm Foundation, Stubblefield Lake, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Caves.

Bell (Fellers Cave [Fort Hood]); Coryell (Fossil Spring Cave [Fort Hood])

Time of activity.

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

Habitat.

(crops: alfalfa, cotton, peanuts); (grass: grass, grassland); (landscape features: cave); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, Monarda citriodora , Solanum elaeagnifolium ); (soil/woodland: leaf litter, longleaf pine managed, rotting pine log, post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woodland, sandy area, upland woods, woods, Juniperus ashei , Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia )

Method.

Beating [mf]; cardboard band [m]; D-Vac suction [m]; fogging [mf]; pitfall trap [mf]; ramp trap [m]; suction trap [mf]; sweeping [mf]; tile trap [mf]

Type.

Massachusetts, Boston; Connecticut, New Haven

Etymology.

Latin, season collected

Collection.

MSU, TAMU, TMM

Note.

Males were collected in a suction trap from 10:00 to 12:00 hours and 14:00 to 16:00 hours.