Barn Funnel Weaver
Tegenaria domestica (Clerck, 1757)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Agelenidae |
| Genus | Tegenaria |
| Species | Tegenaria domestica (Clerck, 1757) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from eight counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana
Counties
- Alabama
- Blount, Calhoun, Jackson, Madison
- Georgia
- Walker
- Illinois
- Monroe, Pike
- Indiana
- Monroe
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- NNA
Subnational ranks
- Idaho
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNA Not Applicable
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Wyoming
- SNR Unranked
- Montana
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Quebec
- SNA Not Applicable
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SNA Not Applicable
- New Brunswick
- SNA Not Applicable
- Saskatchewan
- SNA Not Applicable
- Ontario
- SNA Not Applicable
- Nova Scotia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Manitoba
- SNA Not Applicable
- British Columbia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Prince Edward Island
- SNA Not Applicable
- Alberta
- SNA Not Applicable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Banta, A.M. 1907. The fauna of Mayfield's Cave. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 67: 1–114. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60987.
- Barr, T.C. & Reddell, J.R. 1967. The arthropod cave fauna of the Carlsbad Caverns region, New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 12: 253–273.
- Lewis, J.J., Moss, P., Tecic, D. & Nelson, M.E. 2003. A conservation focused inventory of subterranean invertebrates of the southwestern Illinois karst. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 65: 9–21.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
How to cite this account
Tegenaria domestica (Clerck, 1757). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2994. https://cavebiology.org/species/tegenaria-domestica/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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