Horned Parasitic Cobweaver
Neospintharus trigonum (Hentz, 1850)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Theridiidae |
| Genus | Neospintharus |
| Species | Neospintharus trigonum (Hentz, 1850) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Indiana
Counties
- Alabama
- Morgan
- Indiana
- Monroe
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- N4 Apparently Secure
Subnational ranks
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Prince Edward Island
- SU Unrankable
- New Brunswick
- 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.
- Archer, A.F. 1946. The Theridiidae or comb-footed spiders of Alabama. Paper of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 22: 1–67.
- Banta, A.M. 1907. The fauna of Mayfield's Cave. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 67: 1–114. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60987.
- Niemiller, M.L., Anderson, C.L., Maxwell, E.C., Midgette, H., Quering, C., Richards, M., Wilson, K. & Wirwa, N. 2025. A noteworthy range extension of the federally endangered Alabama Cave Shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae) south of the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 24: N47-N58. doi:10.1656/058.024.0403
- Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
How to cite this account
Neospintharus trigonum (Hentz, 1850). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1852. https://cavebiology.org/species/neospintharus-trigonum/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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