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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaChelicerataArachnidaAraneaeTheridiidaeThymoites

Thymoites marxi (Crosby, 1906)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Chelicerata
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Family Theridiidae
Genus Thymoites
Species Thymoites marxi (Crosby, 1906)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Trogloxene
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from three counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Georgia

Counties

Alabama
Colbert, Jackson
Georgia
Randolph

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

G1G2G3G4G5

National ranks

United States
NNR

Subnational ranks

Indiana
S3 Vulnerable

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.
  • Godwin, J.C. 2008. Biological inventory of the cave and karst systems of The Nature Conservancy's Sharp-Bingham Mountain Preserve. Alabama Natural Heritage Program, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 40 pp.
  • Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.

How to cite this account

Thymoites marxi (Crosby, 1906). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2083. https://cavebiology.org/species/thymoites-marxi/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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