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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaChelicerataArachnidaAraneaeAmaurobiidaeCallobius

Bennett's Laceweaver
Callobius bennetti (Blackwall, 1846)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Chelicerata
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Family Amaurobiidae
Genus Callobius
Species Callobius bennetti (Blackwall, 1846)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Trogloxene
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Indiana.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Indiana

Counties

Indiana
Monroe

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
NNR
Canada
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

West Virginia
SNR Unranked
Montana
SNR Unranked
Indiana
SNR Unranked
Quebec
S4 Apparently Secure
Alberta
SU Unrankable
Newfoundland and Labrador
S4 Apparently Secure
Manitoba
SU Unrankable
Prince Edward Island
SU Unrankable
Nova Scotia
SU Unrankable
New Brunswick
SU Unrankable
Yukon
SU Unrankable
Ontario
S4 Apparently Secure

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.
  • 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

How to cite this account

Callobius bennetti (Blackwall, 1846). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2249. https://cavebiology.org/species/callobius-bennetti/ (accessed 6 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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