Castianeira amoena (C. L. Koch, 1841)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 74-75

Castianeira amoena (C. L. Koch, 1841)

Castianeira amoena Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Broussard and Horner 2006: 253; Calixto et al. 2013: 181; Jackman 1997: 112, 162; Kaston 1972: 227, desc. (fig. 511); Kaston 1978: 218, desc. (fig. 557); Petrunkevitch 1911: 452; Reiskind 1969: 204 [S], mf, desc. (figs 70-73, 84-85); Richman et al. 2011a: 47; Yantis 2005: 66, 196, 199; Young and Edwards 1990: 16

Thargalia amoena C. L. Koch, 1847; Marx 1890: 513

Distribution.

Eastern 2/3 Texas; Brazos, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Erath, Grimes, Hidalgo, Houston, Leon, Madison, Parker, Presidio, Robertson, Travis, Uvalde

Locality.

Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Chihuahuan desert, Dalquest Research Site, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lick Creek Park, Riley Estate

Time of activity.

Male (June - September, December); female (July - November)

Habitat.

(crops: peanuts); (grass: grass); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: leaf litter, pine woods [%: 74], post oak savanna with pasture, post oak woods [%: 60, 76, 80, 100], sandy area, woods, Ulmus crassifolia ); (structures: in building, indoors)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [mf]; pitfall trap [mf] (in sand [m]) sweeping [f]; tile trap [m]

Eggs/spiderlings.

Erath [21 eggs in eggsac] [TAMU]

Type.

Carolina (of 1841)

Etymology.

Latin, lovely

Collection.

MSU, NMSU, TAMU