Araneus miniatus (Walckenaer, 1841)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 40-41

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.570.6095

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CE0DA439-F6F6-4DCF-8225-5700A3C50098

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E82803A9-0A59-D10B-CFDB-B89FFB620379

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scientific name

Araneus miniatus (Walckenaer, 1841)
status

 

Araneus miniatus (Walckenaer, 1841)

Araneus miniatus Bradley 2013: 82; Hoffmaster 1985: 627; Jackman 1997: 161; Kaston 1978: 158, desc. (fig. 396); Levi 1973: 506 [S], mf, desc. (figs 158-171); Petrunkevitch 1911: 303

Epeira miniata Walckenaer, 1837; McCook 1893: 177

Larinia nigrofoliata Keyserling, 1884; Petrunkevitch 1911: 354; Roewer 1942: 772

Distribution.

North-central Texas; Brazos, Cameron, Denton, Fannin, Houston, Hunt, Morris, Polk, Sabine, San Patricio, Travis, Walker

Locality.

Lick Creek Park, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Welder Wildlife Refuge

Time of activity.

Male (February - April, June - July); female (March - May, July - August, November)

Habitat.

(grass: pasture); (plants: vegetation); (soil/woodland: trees, Juniperus ashei , Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia )

Method.

Beating [mf]; beating/sweeping [m]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

Georgia

Etymology.

Latin, colored with vermillion

Collection.

MCZ, MSU, TAMU

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Araneidae

Genus

Araneus