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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaChelicerataArachnidaAraneaeTetragnathidaeTetragnatha

Long-Jawed Orb Weaver
Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Chelicerata
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Family Tetragnathidae
Genus Tetragnatha
Species Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Trogloxene
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Indiana.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Indiana

Counties

Indiana
Lawrence

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

Canada
N5 Secure
United States
NNR

Subnational ranks

Alberta
S5 Secure
British Columbia
S5 Secure
Nova Scotia
SU Unrankable
New Brunswick
SU Unrankable
Manitoba
S5 Secure
Prince Edward Island
S4 Apparently Secure
Quebec
SNR Unranked
Ontario
S5 Secure
Newfoundland and Labrador
S4 Apparently Secure
Yukon
SU Unrankable
Saskatchewan
S5 Secure
Idaho
SNR Unranked
Wyoming
SNR Unranked
South Carolina
SNR Unranked
Indiana
SNR Unranked
Minnesota
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.

How to cite this account

Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2999. https://cavebiology.org/species/tetragnatha-laboriosa/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

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