Gaucelmus augustinus Keyserling, 1884

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Troglophile

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from 25 counties across five states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas

Counties

Alabama

Blount, Clarke, Colbert, Jefferson, Lawrence, Marshall, Morgan

Florida

Alachua, Citrus, Jackson, Marion

Georgia

Decatur, Houston, Washington

Mississippi

Wayne

Texas

Bandera, Bell, Comal, Hays, Kerr, Kimble, Real, Travis, Uvalde, Williamson

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G3 Vulnerable

National ranks

United States

N3 Vulnerable

Subnational ranks

Alabama

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.
• 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.
• Gertsch, W.J. 1984. The spider family Nesticidae (Araneae) in North America, Central America and the West Indies. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 31: 1–91.
• Mays, J. 2018. Inventory of Florida's cave fauna with a focus on terrestrial invertebrate species. Progress Report for Florida Park Service. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 9 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. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
• Reeves, W.K., Jensen, J.B. & Ozier, J.C. 2000. New faunal and fungal records from caves in Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 62: 169–179. https://caves.org/wp-content/uploads/Publications/JCKS/v62/v62n3-Reeves.pdf.
• 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

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