Araneus pratensis (Emerton, 1884)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 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/3FDC4499-FC6D-E731-82D2-4EAD26020133

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scientific name

Araneus pratensis (Emerton, 1884)
status

 

Araneus pratensis (Emerton, 1884)

Araneus pratensis Dean and Eger 1986: 141; Dondale et al. 2003: 237, mf, desc. (figs 517-523); Jackman 1997: 73, desc., 161 (photo 21f); Kaston 1978: 160, desc. (fig. 399); Levi 1973: 492 [T], mf, desc. (figs 2, 21-31); Rapp 1984: 4

Neoscona pratensis Emerton, 1884; Woods and Harrel 1976: 43; Young and Edwards 1990: 15

Distribution.

Southeast, central and east Texas; Bexar, Brazos, Fayette, Galveston, Jefferson, Kerr, Lavaca, Leon, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria

Time of activity.

Male (April - May, August, October); female (April - May, August, November)

Habitat.

(crops: rice); (plants: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, miscellaneous vegetation)

Method.

sweeping [mf]

Type.

Connecticut, New Haven

Etymology.

Latin, pertaining to a meadow

Collection.

MCZ, TAMU

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Araneidae

Genus

Araneus