Argiope trifasciata ( Forskal , 1775)

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

Argiope trifasciata ( Forskal, 1775)

Argiope trifasciata Agnew et al. 1985: 3; Breene 1988: 23-24; Breene et al. 1988: 180; Breene et al. 1993c: 10, 47, 101, mf (figs 148A-C); Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 8, 13 (fig. 3, photo 13); Dean et al. 1982: 254; Dean et al. 1988: 285-286; Dondale et al. 2003: 157, mf, desc. (figs 329-335); Jackman 1997: 76, desc., 161 (photo 21i); Jäger 2012: 294; Jones 1936: 70; Knutson et al. 2010: 515; Levi 1968: 340 [S], mf, desc. (figs 58-72, 74-91); Levi 2004: 54; Nyffeler et al. 1986: 200; Nyffeler et al. 1987c: 370; Rapp 1984: 4; Roberts 2001: 48; Rogers and Horner 1977: 523; Taber and Fleenor 2003: 236; Vogel 1970b: 4; Young and Edwards 1990: 14

Argiope avara Thorell, 1859; McCook 1893: 222, pl. XIV

Distribution.

Widespread; Archer, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Borden, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Burleson/Lee, Burnet, Caldwell, Carson, Clay, Collin, Concho, Coryell, Dallas, Denton, Ector, Erath, Fannin, Fayette, Galveston, Garza, Houston, Howard, Lubbock, Martin, Nueces, Oldham, Pecos, Potter, Presidio, Rains, Reagan, Runnels, Travis, Upton, Walker, Ward, Wichita, Young

Locality.

Ellis Prison Unit, Lake Dallas, Lick Creek Park, Pantex Lake (edge), Texas A&M University Rangeland Area, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (June - October); female (January, July, September - November)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, guar, peanuts); (grass: broom weed, grassland, pasture); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [imm.]); (plants: bush, miscellaneous vegetation, roadside vegetation, vegetation, Baccharis ); (soil/woodland: oak, post oak savanna, post oak savanna with pasture, saltcedar, trees/shrubs); (web: in web)

Method.

Beating [m]; suction trap [m]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

Egypt

Etymology.

Latin, three stripes on abdomen of immature

Collection.

DMNS, JCC, MSU, TAMU, TTU