Filmy Dome Spider
Neriene radiata (Walckenaer, 1841)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Linyphiidae |
| Genus | Neriene |
| Species | Neriene radiata (Walckenaer, 1841) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from nine counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky
Counties
- Georgia
- Gordon
- Illinois
- Carroll, Greene, Jo Daviess, Johnson, Monroe, Pike
- Indiana
- Monroe
- Kentucky
- Rockcastle
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- NNR
Subnational ranks
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Manitoba
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SU Unrankable
- Alberta
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- British Columbia
- S5 Secure
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
- Saskatchewan
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Prince Edward Island
- SU Unrankable
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Yukon
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Northwest Territories
- SU Unrankable
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Wyoming
- SNR Unranked
- Montana
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Banta, A.M. 1907. The fauna of Mayfield's Cave. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 67: 1–114. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60987.
- Harker, D.F., Jr. & Barr, T.C., Jr. 1979. Caves and associated fauna of Eastern Kentucky, Volume 3. Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfurt, Kentucky, USA. 130 pp.
- 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.
- 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
How to cite this account
Neriene radiata (Walckenaer, 1841). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1853. https://cavebiology.org/species/neriene-radiata/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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