Theridion australe Banks, 1899

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 389-390

Theridion australe Banks, 1899

Theridion australe Agnew et al. 1985: 3, 9; Breene 1988: 23-24, 35; Breene et al. 1988: 180; Breene et al. 1989: 162; Breene et al. 1993b: 648; Breene et al. 1993c: 28, 48, 60, mf (figs 31A-B); Breene et al. 1994: 8; Brown 1974: 238; Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 18; Calixto et al. 2013: 185; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6; Dean and Sterling 1990: 401, 404; Dean et al. 1982: 254; Dean et al. 1987: 268; Dean et al. 1988: 286; Jackman 1997: 60, desc., 169; Levi 1957a: 41, 115, mf, desc. (figs 131-132, 148-151); Li 1990: 137, 142, 144; Liao et al. 1984: 410; Nyffeler et al. 1988a: 55; Nyffeler et al. 1988b: 215; Vincent and Frankie 1985: 380; Vogel 1970b: 24; Young and Edwards 1990: 24

Distribution.

Archer, Bee, Brazos, Burleson, Cameron, Collin, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, Crosby, Delta, Erath, Hays, Hidalgo, Houston, Hunt, Kaufman, Kenedy, Nacogdoches, Nueces, Robertson, San Patricio, Travis, Victoria, Walker, Wilbarger

Locality.

Adriance Pecan Orchard, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Holmes Pecan Orchard, South Padre Island, Storey Pecan Orchard

Time of activity.

Male (January, April - October); female (January, May - September, November - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts, sugarcane, watermelon); (grass: grass, grassland, pasture); (landscape features: under rock); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [f]); (orchard: grapefruit, pecan); (plants: miscellaneous vegetation, orchid, ornamental bush); (soil/woodland: live oak, post oak savanna with pasture)

Method.

cardboard band [m]; D-Vac suction [mf]; pitfall trap [mf]; suction trap [mf]; sweeping [mf]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Nueces [13 spiderlings] [TAMU]

Type.

Louisiana, Shreveport

Etymology.

Latin, southern

Collection.

MSU, TAMU