Appalachian Cave Spider
Porrhomma cavernicola (Keyserling, 1886)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Linyphiidae |
| Genus | Porrhomma |
| Species | Porrhomma cavernicola (Keyserling, 1886) |
Synonyms
Porrhomma emertoni Roewer, 1942
Linyphia incerta Emerton, 1875
Porrhomma incertum
Troglohyphantes cavernicolus
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglobiont
- Realm
- Terrestrial
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Reynolds Cave, Barren Co. KY
Range
Known from 16 states across five karst regions.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
Counties
County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.
Karst regions
Appalachians, Driftless Area, Interior Low Plateau, Other, Ozarks
Specimens
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard | 7 |
| New Mexico State University | 3 |
| Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris | 2 |
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | 1 |
| University of New Mexico | 1 |
14 cataloged lots in 5 collections. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.
Download all 14 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.
Subnational ranks
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- S2. Imperiled
- Kentucky
- S2S3 Imperiled to Vulnerable
- Maryland
- S2 Imperiled
- Oklahoma
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Pennsylvania
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Virginia
- s4 Apparently Secure
- West Virginia
- S2 Imperiled
- Iowa
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- S2 Imperiled
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
Other resources
How to cite this account
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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