Eastern Whiskered Money Spider
Islandiana princeps Brændegaard, 1932

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Chelicerata
Class	Arachnida
Order	Araneae
Family	Linyphiidae
Genus	Islandiana
Species	Islandiana princeps Brændegaard, 1932

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class: Troglophile
Realm: Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Illinois.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Illinois

Counties

Illinois: Carroll

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

National ranks

Canada: NU

Subnational ranks

Newfoundland and Labrador: SU Unrankable
Manitoba: SU Unrankable
Yukon: SU Unrankable
Ontario: SU Unrankable
Saskatchewan: SU Unrankable
Nunavut: SU Unrankable
British Columbia: SU Unrankable
Alberta: SU Unrankable
Quebec: SNR Unranked

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

Peck, S.B. & Christiansen, K. 1990. Evolution and zoogeography of the invertebrate cave faunas of the Driftless Area of the upper Mississippi River Valley of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 73–88. doi:10.1139/z90-012

This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.

How to cite this account

Islandiana princeps Brændegaard, 1932. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1782. https://cavebiology.org/species/islandiana-princeps/ (accessed 22 October 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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