Small-Eared Meshweaver
Cicurina brevis (Emerton, 1890)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Troglophile

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from two counties in Illinois.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Illinois

Counties

Illinois

Johnson, Monroe

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

National ranks

United States

NNR

Canada

N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

West Virginia

SNR Unranked

Indiana

SNR Unranked

Ontario

S4 Apparently Secure

Prince Edward Island

SU Unrankable

Quebec

SNR Unranked

Manitoba

S4 Apparently Secure

Nova Scotia

SU Unrankable

Nunavut

SU Unrankable

New Brunswick

SU Unrankable

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. 1988. A review of the cave fauna of Canada, and the composition and ecology of the invertebrate fauna of caves and mines in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 1197–1213. doi:10.1139/z88-176
• 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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