Small-Eared Meshweaver
Cicurina brevis (Emerton, 1890)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Dictynidae |
| Genus | Cicurina |
| Species | Cicurina brevis (Emerton, 1890) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties in Illinois.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Illinois
Counties
- Illinois
- Johnson, Monroe
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Prince Edward Island
- SU Unrankable
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Manitoba
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Nunavut
- SU Unrankable
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
Ranks looked up 2 July 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
References
- 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
- 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.
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.
How to cite this account
Cicurina brevis (Emerton, 1890). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1586. https://cavebiology.org/species/cicurina-brevis/ (accessed 22 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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