Eustala emertoni (Banks, 1904)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 49

Eustala emertoni (Banks, 1904)

Eustala emertoni Dondale et al. 2003: 269, mf, desc. (figs 612-621); Jackman 1997: 161; Jackman et al. 2007: 199; Levi 1977a: 120, mf, desc. (figs 253-268, 291-295, 309-311, 317); Tugmon et al. 1990: 44

Distribution.

Eastern 2/3 Texas; Archer, Bastrop, Bell, Bosque, Brazoria, Brazos, Brown, Cameron, Colorado, Denton, Hunt, Kaufman, Robertson, Travis, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Ellis Prison Unit, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lacuna Park, Lake Tawakoni State Park, Lick Creek Park, Nash Prairie, South Padre Island

Time of activity.

Male (April - July, September - November); female (March - October)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton); (grass: grass, grass marsh, grassland); (littoral: behind dune, dune vegetation, low dune grass); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest); (orchard: pecan); (plants: croton, miscellaneous vegetation, vegetation); (soil/woodland: woods, Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia ); (web: large spider web)

Method.

Beating [f]; beating/sweeping [f]; D-Vac suction [f]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

Georgia

Etymology.

Person (arachnologist)

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU