Micrathena sagittata (Walckenaer, 1841)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 61-62

Micrathena sagittata (Walckenaer, 1841)

Micrathena sagittata Breene et al. 1993c: 12, 47, 100, mf (figs 145A-C); Brown 1974: 232; Dean et al. 1982: 254; Dondale et al. 2003: 143, mf, desc. (figs 291-298); Jackman 1997: 81, desc., 161 (photo 21a); Kaston 1972: 139, desc. (fig. 311); Kaston 1978: 133, desc. (fig. 334); Levi 1978: 430, mf, desc. (figs 41-54); Magalhaes and Santos 2012: 52; Taber and Fleenor 2005: 281 (fig. 12-10); Vogel 1970b: 5

Distribution.

Central, east and south Texas; Brazos, Cameron, Gonzales, Hardin, Hidalgo, Nacogdoches, Walker

Locality.

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Ellis Prison Unit, Frontera Audubon, Palmetto State Park, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary

Time of activity.

Male (June - August, October - November); female (April - May, August, October)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton); (littoral: near creek, wetlands); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [imm.]); (orchard: grapefruit); (soil/woodland: palm forest, woods)

Method.

Beating [f]

Type.

Georgia

Etymology.

Latin, arrow- (head) like

Collection.

MSU, TAMU