Cryptachaea rupicola (Emerton, 1882)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Troglophile

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from four counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Illinois

Counties

Alabama

Jackson, Madison, Marshall

Illinois

Monroe

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

National ranks

United States

NNR

Canada

NU

Subnational ranks

Indiana

SNR Unranked

Ontario

SU Unrankable

Quebec

SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Archer, A.F. 1946. The Theridiidae or comb-footed spiders of Alabama. Paper of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 22: 1–67.
• Godwin, J.C. 2008. Biological inventory of the cave and karst systems of The Nature Conservancy's Sharp-Bingham Mountain Preserve. Alabama Natural Heritage Program, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 40 pp.
• Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
• 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.

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