Nursery Web Spider
Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Pisauridae |
| Genus | Pisaurina |
| Species | Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Illinois
Counties
- Alabama
- Madison, Morgan
- Illinois
- Jackson
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Nova Scotia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Niemiller, M.L., Anderson, C.L., Maxwell, E.C., Midgette, H., Quering, C., Richards, M., Wilson, K. & Wirwa, N. 2025. A noteworthy range extension of the federally endangered Alabama Cave Shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae) south of the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 24: N47-N58. doi:10.1656/058.024.0403
- 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
Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2828. https://cavebiology.org/species/pisaurina-mira/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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