Araneus detrimentosus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 38

Araneus detrimentosus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889)

Araneus detrimentosus Agnew et al. 1985: 7; Bradley 2013: 81; Jackman 1997: 73, desc., 161 (photo 21d); Levi 1973: 538 [T], mf, desc. (figs 398-414); Levi 1991: 269

Cambridgepeira detrimentosa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889); Archer 1951b: 2 (fig. 9)

Distribution.

Eastern ½ Texas; Atascosa, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Cameron, Duval, Erath, Gillespie, Goliad, Hidalgo, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Navarro, Starr, Travis, Williamson

Locality.

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Falcon Lake State Park, Lake Somerville State Park [Nails Creek Unit], Riley Estate

Time of activity.

Male (April - June, August - September); female (April - October)

Habitat.

(nest/prey: mud dauber nest [f]); (orchard: grapefruit, Valley lemon); (plants: Indian paintbrush); (soil/woodland: juniper, rock elm, shrubs, trees, Juniperus sp., Quercus virginiana , Ulmus sp.); (web: web in live oak, web on mesquite [ Prosopis juliflora ])

Method.

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

Type.

Guatemala

Etymology.

Latin, prone to detritus

Collection.

DMNS, MCZ, TAMU