Theridion glaucescens Becker, 1879

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Trogloxene

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Alabama.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama

Counties

Alabama

Morgan

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

National ranks

Canada

N4 Apparently Secure

United States

NNR

Subnational ranks

Nova Scotia

SU Unrankable

New Brunswick

SU Unrankable

Quebec

SNR Unranked

Newfoundland and Labrador

SU Unrankable

Manitoba

SU Unrankable

Ontario

S4 Apparently Secure

Prince Edward Island

SU Unrankable

Indiana

SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Archer, A.F. 1946. The Theridiidae or comb-footed spiders of Alabama. Paper of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 22: 1–67.
• 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. 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
• Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.

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