Versicolor Long-Jawed Orbweaver
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1841
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Tetragnathidae |
| Genus | Tetragnatha |
| Species | Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1841 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Kentucky
Counties
- Alabama
- Calhoun
- Kentucky
- Larue
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- NNR
Subnational ranks
- Nunavut
- SU Unrankable
- Prince Edward Island
- SU Unrankable
- Manitoba
- S5 Secure
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Saskatchewan
- S5 Secure
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SU Unrankable
- Alberta
- S5 Secure
- Yukon
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Northwest Territories
- S4 Apparently Secure
- British Columbia
- S5 Secure
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Montana
- SNR Unranked
- Wyoming
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Archer, A.F. 1940. The Argiopidae or orb-weaving spiders of Alabama. Paper of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 14: 7–77.
- 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. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
How to cite this account
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1841. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-3001. https://cavebiology.org/species/tetragnatha-versicolor/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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