Southeastern Wandering Spider
Anahita punctulata (Hentz, 1844)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Ctenidae |
| Genus | Anahita |
| Species | Anahita punctulata (Hentz, 1844) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from seven counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Colbert, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan
- Georgia
- Dade
- Tennessee
- Warren
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G4 Apparently Secure
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
Subnational ranks
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- S2 Imperiled
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
Ranks looked up 2 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
References
- Godwin, J.C. 2008. Biological inventory of the cave and karst systems of The Nature Conservancy's Sharp-Bingham Mountain Preserve. Alabama Natural Heritage Program, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 40 pp.
- Lewis, J.J. 2005a. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
- Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 August 2026.
How to cite this account
Anahita punctulata (Hentz, 1844). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2171. https://cavebiology.org/species/anahita-punctulata/ (accessed 22 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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