Cesonia bilineata (Hentz, 1847)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 133

Cesonia bilineata (Hentz, 1847)

Cesonia bilineata Agnew et al. 1985: 7; Bowen et al. 2004: 188; Brown 1974: 233; Calixto et al. 2013: 182; Jackman 1997: 163; Platnick and Shadab 1980b: 342, mf, desc. (figs 1-7); Trevino 2014: 11; Yantis 2005: 199

Distribution.

Widespread; Anderson, Angelina, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Cameron, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Edwards, Erath, Fort Bend, Hays, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Kerr, Kleberg, Lee, Montague, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Patricio, Starr, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Webb, Wichita

Locality.

Angelina National Forest, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Bastrop State Park, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Brazos Bend State Park, Falcon State Park, Kenedy Ranch, Kirby State Forest, Lake Somerville State Park [Nails Creek Unit], Lick Creek Park, Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Time of activity.

Male (February 25-March 30, March - September); female (March - September)

Habitat.

(grass: grass); (littoral: sedge meadow); (orchard: citrus, grapefruit, pecan, tangerine); (plants: miscellaneous vegetation); (soil/woodland: beech magnolia litter, buckeye-sycamore forest, forest litter, Juniperus managed plot, Juniperus unmanaged plot, loblolly pine managed, mesquite thicket, old field, pine woods [%: 84], post oak savanna with pasture, riparian mesquite forest, sandy area, upland deciduous forest); (structures: bathroom, indoors); (web: large spider web)

Method.

5 gallon bucket trap [m]; cardboard band [mf]; D-Vac suction [m]; flight intercept trap [m]; malaise trap [m]; pitfall trap [mf]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

North Carolina, Alabama

Etymology.

Latin, two longitudinal black lines on abdomen

Collection.

MSU, TAMU