Featherlegged Orbweaver
Uloborus glomosus (Walckenaer, 1841)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Uloboridae |
| Genus | Uloborus |
| Species | Uloborus glomosus (Walckenaer, 1841) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from six counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, New Mexico
Counties
- Alabama
- Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Marshall, Morgan
- New Mexico
- Eddy
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- Canada
- N4 Apparently Secure
- United States
- NNR
Subnational ranks
- British Columbia
- SU Unrankable
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Colorado
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Archer, A.F. 1940. Some cave spiders of Alabama. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science 12: 28.
- Barr, T.C. & Reddell, J.R. 1967. The arthropod cave fauna of the Carlsbad Caverns region, New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 12: 253–273.
- 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
Uloborus glomosus (Walckenaer, 1841). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-3036. https://cavebiology.org/species/uloborus-glomosus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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