Eastern Spurred Sheetweaver
Centromerus cornupalpis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Troglophile

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from four counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Illinois

Counties

Alabama

Blount

Illinois

Hardin, Monroe, St. Clair

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

National ranks

Canada

NU

United States

NNR

Subnational ranks

Nova Scotia

SU Unrankable

Quebec

SNR Unranked

Newfoundland and Labrador

SU Unrankable

Ontario

SU Unrankable

West Virginia

SNR Unranked

Wyoming

SNR Unranked

Indiana

SNR Unranked

Illinois

SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Lewis, J.J., Moss, P., Tecic, D. & Nelson, M.E. 2003. A conservation focused inventory of subterranean invertebrates of the southwestern Illinois karst. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 65: 9–21.
• Peck, S.B. & Lewis, J.J. 1978. Zoogeography and evolution of the subterranean invertebrate faunas of Illinois and southeastern Missouri. National Speleological Society Bulletin 40: 39–63.
• Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
• Webb, D.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 1993. The biological resources of Illinois caves and other subterranean environments. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 143 pp.

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