Cyclosa turbinata (Walckenaer, 1841)

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 44

Cyclosa turbinata (Walckenaer, 1841)

Cyclosa turbinata Agnew et al. 1985: 3; Breene et al. 1993c: 11, 47, 105, mf (figs 159A-C); Brown 1974: 232; Bumroongsook et al. 1992: 17; Calixto et al. 2013: 181; Dean and Eger 1986: 141; Dean and Sterling 1987: 6; Dean and Sterling 1990: 404; Dean et al. 1982: 254; Dean et al. 1987: 268; Dean et al. 1988: 286; Dondale et al. 2003: 164, mf, desc. (figs 347-354); Jackman 1997: 77, desc., 161; Levi 1977a: 80, mf, desc. (figs 20, 38-50); Levi 1999: 356, mf, desc. (figs 314-321); Liao et al. 1984: 410; Nyffeler and Sterling 1994: 1295, 1298; Nyffeler et al. 1986: 196; Nyffeler et al. 1988a: 55; Nyffeler et al. 1992a: 1181; Nyffeler et al. 1992c: 2; Vincent and Frankie 1985: 380; Vogel 1970b: 3; Young and Edwards 1990: 15

Distribution.

Widespread; Bandera, Brazos, Burleson, Cameron, Collin, Comanche, Delta, Erath, Fannin, Goliad, Houston, Hunt, Kaufman, McLennan, Nacogdoches, Presidio, Robertson, Travis, Val Verde, Walker, Wharton, Wichita, Williamson

Locality.

Adriance Pecan Orchard, Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Ellis Prison Unit, Goliad State Park, Holmes Pecan Orchard, Lost Maples State Park, South Padre Island, Texas A&M University Rangeland Area

Time of activity.

Male (March - September); female (March - October)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts); (grass: grassland, pasture); (littoral: behind sand dune, past dunes, shrub); (orchard: pecan); (plants: bluebonnets, croton, miscellaneous vegetation, prickly pear, Baccharis , Monarda citriodora ); (soil/woodland: live oak, Quercus buckleyi , Quercus virginiana , Ulmus crassifolia ); (web: web in hollow sycamore tree, web in shrub)

Method.

Beating [m]; cardboard band [m]; D-Vac suction [m]; fogging [mf]; suction trap [m]; sweeping [mf]

Type.

Georgia

Etymology.

Latin, top-shaped

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU