Castianeira descripta (Hentz, 1847)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 76

Castianeira descripta (Hentz, 1847)

Castianeira descripta Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Breene et al. 1993b: 647; Calixto et al. 2013: 181; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 8, 16 (photo 15); Dondale and Redner 1982: 114, mf, desc. (figs 211-217); Jackman 1997: 112, desc., 162 (photo 34d); Kaston 1972: 226, desc. (fig. 508); Kaston 1978: 217, desc. (fig. 554); Reiskind 1969: 208, mf, desc. (figs 88-91, 121); Trevino 2014: 11; Vogel and Durden 1972: 1; Young and Edwards 1990: 16

Distribution.

East, central, and south Texas; Archer, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Cameron, Carson, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Hays, Hidalgo, Kerr, Knox, Robertson, Tom Green (imm.), Travis, Webb, Wichita

Locality.

Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Holmes Pecan Orchard, NK Ranch, Pantex Lake (edge), Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Time of activity.

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

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts, sugarcane); (landscape features: rocks); (littoral: near playa); (orchard: pecan); (plants: miscellaneous vegetation); (soil/woodland: post oak savanna with pasture, sandy area); (structures: indoors, in lab)

Method.

pitfall trap [mf] (in sand [f]); ramp trap [f]; sweeping [f]; tile trap [f]

Type.

North Carolina

Etymology.

Latin, descriptive

Collection.

AMNH, DMNS, MSU, TAMU, TTU