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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaChelicerataArachnidaAraneaeAgelenidaeCoras

Coras lamellosus (Keyserling, 1887)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Chelicerata
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Family Agelenidae
Genus Coras
Species Coras lamellosus (Keyserling, 1887)

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

Alabama, Illinois

Counties

Alabama
Marshall
Illinois
Jackson

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

G1G2G3G4G5

National ranks

Canada
N4 Apparently Secure
United States
NNR

Subnational ranks

Quebec
SU Unrankable
Ontario
S4 Apparently Secure
Indiana
SNR Unranked
Alabama
SNR Unranked
West Virginia
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • 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.

How to cite this account

Coras lamellosus (Keyserling, 1887). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2318. https://cavebiology.org/species/coras-lamellosus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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