Steatoda variata Gertsch, 1960

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 388-389

Steatoda variata Gertsch, 1960

Steatoda variata Broussard and Horner 2006: 255; Gertsch 1960b: 24 [S, part], mf, desc. (figs 23-25, 34-44); Levi and Randolph 1975: 41; Richman et al. 2011a: 46; Vogel 1970b: 24

Steatoda medialis (Banks, 1898); Agnew et al. 1985: 3 [misidentified]; Jackman 1997: 169; Levi 1957b: 388, m, desc. (fig. 35); Vogel 1970b: 24 [part]; Young and Edwards 1990: 23 [Texas records, male misidentified, see punctulata ]

Distribution.

El Paso, Erath, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Maverick, Presidio, Reeves, Wise

Locality.

Big Bend Ranch State Park, Chihuahuan desert, Dalquest Research Site, Davis Mountains, Fort Hancock, La Mota Mountains

Time of activity.

Male (June); female (May - June, August - October)

Habitat.

(crops: peanuts); (plants: vegetation)

Method.

Beating [f]; pitfall trap [mf]

Type.

Arizona

Etymology.

Latin, variable

Collection.

MSU, TAMU