Nursery Web Spider
Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Pisauridae |
| Genus | Pisaurina |
| Species | Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Illinois
Counties
- Alabama
- Madison, Morgan
- Illinois
- Jackson
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Nova Scotia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
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
- Niemiller, M.L., Anderson, C.L., Maxwell, E.C., Midgette, H., Quering, C., Richards, M., Wilson, K. & Wirwa, N. 2025b. 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.
- 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.
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.
How to cite this account
Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2828. https://cavebiology.org/species/pisaurina-mira/ (accessed 22 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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