Subterranean Sheetweb Spider
Phanetta subterranea (Emerton, 1875)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Linyphiidae |
| Genus | Phanetta |
| Species | Phanetta subterranea (Emerton, 1875) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglobiont
- Realm
- Terrestrial
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Wyandotte Cave, Crawford Co. IN
Range
Known from 12 states across four karst regions.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
Counties
County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.
Karst regions
Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau, Other, Ozarks
Genetics
Molecular resources
| Marker | Molecule | Sequences | Length | Exemplar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COI | mitochondrial | 47 | 651-651 bp | PP815923.1 |
47 sequences, retrieved 23 August 2026. Counts change as sequences are deposited. Search GenBank.
Download all 47 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.
Specimens
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard | 5 |
| Field Museum of Natural History | 1 |
| Illinois Natural History Survey | 1 |
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | 1 |
| University of New Mexico | 1 |
9 cataloged lots in 5 collections. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.
Download all 9 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.
Subnational ranks
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S$
- Missouri
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Pennsylvania
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- West Virginia
- S3 Vulnerable
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
Other resources
How to cite this account
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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