Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802)

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

Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802)

Steatoda triangulosa Agnew et al. 1985: 3; Bradley 2013: 233; Breene et al. 1993a: 169; Breene et al. 1993c: 27, 48, 56, mf (figs 22A-C); Brown 1974: 238; Dean et al. 1982: 254; Horner and Russell 1986: 142; Jackman 1997: 59, desc., 169 (photo 18i); Levi 1957b: 407 [T], mf, desc. (figs 75-76, 80-82); Levi 1962: 25; Levi and Randolph 1975: 41; MacKay and Vinson 1989: 232; Rice 1986: 124; Roberts 2001: 48; Tugmon et al. 1990: 43-44; Vogel 1970b: 24; Young and Edwards 1990: 23

Teutana triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802; Jones 1936: 69

Distribution.

Anderson, Archer, Atascosa, Bexar, Brazos, Clay, Dallas, Erath, Fort Bend, Haskell, Hidalgo, Kerr, Lubbock, McLennan, Montague, Nacogdoches, Nueces, Potter, Robertson, San Patricio, Shelby, Taylor, Travis, Walker, Wichita

Locality.

Ellis Prison Unit, Lake Corpus Christi State Park, Riley Estate, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (January - April, June, August - December); female (January - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cotton, peanuts); (landscape features: culvert, under wooden bridge); (nest/prey: mud dauber nest [mf]); (objects: water meter housing); (orchard: citrus); (soil/woodland: bark of Brazil tree); (structures: around house, behind old boards in [attic, lab, warehouse], house, indoors, on [house by door, wall in lab])

Type.

France, Paris

Etymology.

Latin, markings on abdomen

Collection.

DMNS, JCC, MSU, TAMU