Catalogue of Texas spiders Author Dean, David Allen Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America a-dean-ento@tamu.edu text ZooKeys 2016 2016-03-02 570 1 703 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.570.6095 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.570.6095 1313-2970-570-1 CE0DA439F6F64DCF82255700A3C50098 E376FF8EFFF1F22C326D1E0DFF8BFFDF 579094 Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) Nephila clavipes Bakkegard and Davenport 1977 : 564-565; Bradley 2013 : 219; Brown 1974 : 233; Higgins 1987 : 402; Higgins 1989 : 749; Higgins 1990 : 774; Higgins 1992a : 95; Higgins 1992b : 639; Higgins and Buskirk 1992 : 486; Higgins and Goodnight 2010 : 150; Higgins and McGuinness 1990 : 287; Higgins and McGuinness 1991 : 287; Higgins and Rankin 1999 : 264; Higgins et al. 2001 : 83; Jackman 1997 : 67, desc., 168 (photo 20b); Levi 1980 : 17 [S], mf, desc. (figs 23-43); Levi 2005b : 233; Marx 1889 : 99; Moore 1977 : 96; Roth 1982 : 11-3; Roth 1985 : B-6-3, B-6-7; Roth 1994 : 170 Nephila wistariana McCook, 1894; McCook 1893 : 252 Distribution. Southeast Texas; Bee, Brazoria, Brazos, Calhoun, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Jasper, Jefferson, Lavaca, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Tyler, Willacy Locality. Big Thicket National Preserve, Brazos Bend State Park, Lick Creek Park Time of activity. Male (August, October); female (July - November) Habitat. (grass: coastal plain grasslands, tall grass); (littoral: palmetto-cypress swamp); (soil/woodland: oak, scrub forest, wooded area); (web: in web) Type. Jamaica Etymology. Latin, club-foot Collection. DMNS, MCZ, MSU, TAMU