Centromerus latidens (Emerton, 1882)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Linyphiidae |
| Genus | Centromerus |
| Species | Centromerus latidens (Emerton, 1882) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 27 counties across seven states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Blount, Calhoun, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, Shelby, Talladega
- Florida
- Jackson
- Georgia
- Bartow, Chattooga, Grady, Polk, Walker
- Illinois
- Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe, Pope, St. Clair
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
- Missouri
- Jefferson
- Tennessee
- Coffee, Grundy, Marion, Van Buren
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
- Canada
- NU
Subnational ranks
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Florida
- S2 Imperiled
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SU Unrankable
- Ontario
- SU Unrankable
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., Jr. & Kuehne, R.A. 1971. Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave system of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem. Annales de Speleologie 26: 47–96. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.10
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- 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.
- Lewis, J.J. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
- Peck, S.B. 1970. The terrestrial arthropod fauna of Florida caves. The Florida Entomologist 53: 203–207. doi:10.2307/3493189
- Peck, S.B. & Lewis, J.J. 1978. Zoogeography and evolution of the subterranean invertebrate faunas of Illinois and southeastern Missouri. National Speleological Society Bulletin 40: 39–63.
- Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
- Van Helsdingen, P.J. 1973. A recapitulation of the Nearctic species of Centromerus Dahl (Araneida, Linyphiidae) with remarks on Tunagyna Debilis (Banks). Zoologische Verhandelingen 124: 3–45. https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317890/ZV1973124001.pdf.
- 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
Centromerus latidens (Emerton, 1882). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1571. https://cavebiology.org/species/centromerus-latidens/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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