Autumn Money Spider
Erigone autumnalis Emerton, 1882
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Linyphiidae |
| Genus | Erigone |
| Species | Erigone autumnalis Emerton, 1882 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Iowa, Illinois
Counties
- Iowa
- Jackson
- Illinois
- Union
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- NU
Subnational ranks
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Manitoba
- SU Unrankable
- Ontario
- SU Unrankable
- Prince Edward Island
- SU Unrankable
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Peck, S.B. & Christiansen, K. 1990. Evolution and zoogeography of the invertebrate cave faunas of the Driftless Area of the upper Mississippi River Valley of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 73–88. doi:10.1139/z90-012
- 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.
How to cite this account
Erigone autumnalis Emerton, 1882. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1693. https://cavebiology.org/species/erigone-autumnalis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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