Dark Fishing Spider
Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz, 1844
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Dolomedidae |
| Genus | Dolomedes |
| Species | Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz, 1844 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from five counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Illinois, Kentucky, Oklahoma
Counties
- Illinois
- Monroe, St. Clair
- Kentucky
- Larue
- Oklahoma
- Adair, Delaware
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Manitoba
- SU Unrankable
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
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
- Fenolio, D.B. 2014. 2014 Ozark aquatic subterranean wildlife surveys. Report to Oklahoma Biological Survey. San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 21 pp.
- Fenolio, D.B. 2017. 2017 Ozark aquatic subterranean wildlife surveys. Report to Oklahoma Biological Survey. San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 15 pp.
- Fenolio, D.B., Niemiller, M.L., Slay, M.E. & Carter, E.T. 2018. Biological inventories of caves in the Ozarks of northeastern Oklahoma: December 2018 field report. Report to Oklahoma Biological Survey. San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 25 pp.
- Fenolio, D.B., Slay, M.E. & Niemiller, M.L. 2023b. Biological inventories of caves in the Ozarks of northeastern Oklahoma: December 2023 field report. Report to Oklahoma Biological Survey. San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 24 pp.
- Fenolio, D.B., Slay, M.E., Niemiller, M.L. & Richard, K. 2024. Biological inventories of caves in the Ozarks of northeastern Oklahoma: December 2024 field report. Report to Oklahoma Biological Survey. San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 17 pp.
- Niemiller, M.L., Maxwell, E. & Higgs, J.P. 2024. A biological inventory of Sinking Spring Cave at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, Larue County, Kentucky, USA. U.S. National Park Service, Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA. 21 pp.
- 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.
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 August 2026.
How to cite this account
Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz, 1844. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2402. https://cavebiology.org/species/dolomedes-tenebrosus/ (accessed 22 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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