Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 42-43

Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833

Argiope aurantia Agnew et al. 1985: 3; Barron et al. 1999: 550; Bonnet 1955: 675; Breene et al. 1993c: 10, 47, 101, mf (figs 147A-C); Brown 1974: 232; Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 18; Calixto et al. 2013: 181; Cokendolpher and Reddell 2001b: 37; Dean and Sterling 1990: 404; Dean et al. 1982: 254; Dean et al. 1987: 268; Dondale et al. 2003: 155, mf, desc. (figs 323-328); Harwood 1974: 131; Hoffmaster 1985: 627; Jackman 1997: 75, desc., 161 (photo 21h); Jackman et al. 2007: 199; Jones 1936: 70; Kagan 1942: 23; Kagan 1943: 258; Levi 1968: 338 [S], mf, desc. (figs 43-57); Levi 2004: 52; Nyffeler et al. 1986: 200; Nyffeler et al. 1987c: 368; Nyffeler et al. 1988a: 55; Nyffeler et al. 1992a: 1181; Reddell 1965: 170; Reddell and Finch 1963: 48; Roberts 2001: 48; Sterling et al. 1979: 979; Taber and Fleenor 2003: 236; Taber and Fleenor 2005: 275 (figs 12-13); Vogel 1970b: 4; Young and Edwards 1990: 14

Argiope cophinaria (Walckenaer, 1841); McCook 1893: 217

Epeira riparia Hentz, 1847; Hentz 1875: 106

Distribution.

Eastern 2/3 Texas; Archer, Atascosa, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Brazos, Burleson, Clay, Collin, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas, DeWitt, Denton, Erath, Fannin, Galveston, Gonzales, Grimes, Harris, Hays, Houston, Hunt, Johnson, Kendall, Kerr, Leon, Liberty, Matagorda, McLennan, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Potter, Robertson, Sabine, San Patricio, Travis, Victoria, Walker, Washington, Wichita, Williamson, Wilson

Locality.

Adriance Pecan Orchard, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Brison Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Fort Hood, Fort Sam Houston, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lackland Air Force Base, Lake Grapevine, Lake Tawakoni State Park, Lick Creek Park, Palmetto State Park, Stubblefield Lake, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center, Williams Lake

Caves.

Bell (Medusa Cave [Fort Hood], Road Side Sink [Fort Hood], Seven Cave [Fort Hood]); Coryell (Brokeback Cave [Fort Hood], Mixmaster Cave [Fort Hood]); Hays ( Ezell’s Cave, Fern Cave); Kendall (Cueva de los Tres Bobos); Williamson (Steam Cave)

Time of activity.

Male (June - September); female (June - November)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts); (grass: grass, grassland); (landscape features: barns, cave); (littoral: wetlands); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest); (orchard: pecan); (plants: miscellaneous vegetation, vegetation); (soil/woodland: hackberry woodland, trees); (structures: under picnic table); (web: large spider web)

Method.

Beating [mf]; cardboard band [imm.]; fogging [m]; pitfall trap [imm.]; suction trap [mf]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

North America

Etymology.

New Latin, orange

Collection.

DMNS, MCZ, MSU, TAMU, TMM