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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaChelicerataArachnidaAraneaeNesticidae

Genus Nesticus
Thorell, 1869

Species in this portal
15
Ecological class
All troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
7 states and provinces
Karst regions
Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau, Other
Conservation
8 of 15 ranked G1 or G2

Species in this portal

Species Common name Class Status States Karst regions
Nesticus barri Gertsch, 1984 Barr's Cave Spider Troglobiont G3 AL, TN Interior Low Plateau
Nesticus barrowsi Gertsch, 1984 Troglobiont G1G2 TN Appalachians
Nesticus brimleyi Gertsch, 1984 Troglobiont G1G2 NC Other
Nesticus cressleri Zigler & Milne, 2022 Troglobiont GNR GA Interior Low Plateau
Nesticus dilutus Gertsch, 1984 Grassy Creek Cave Spider Troglobiont G1 TN Appalachians
Nesticus furtivus Gertsch, 1984 Racoon Mountain Caverns Cave Spider Troglobiont G1 TN Appalachians
Nesticus georgia Gertsch, 1984 Georgia Cave Spider Troglobiont G1G2 GA Interior Low Plateau
Nesticus holsingeri Gertsch, 1984 Holsinger's Cave Spider Troglobiont G3G4 VA Appalachians
Nesticus jonesi Gertsch, 1984 Cave Spring Cave Spider Troglobiont G1 AL Interior Low Plateau
Nesticus lula Zigler & Milne, 2022 Troglobiont GNR GA Interior Low Plateau
Nesticus paynei Gertsch, 1984 Troglobiont G3G4 TN, VA Appalachians
Nesticus pecki Hedin & Dellinger, 2005 Monteagle Cave Spider Troglobiont GNR TN Interior Low Plateau
Nesticus potterius (Chamberlin, 1933) Troglobiont G1G2 CA Other
Nesticus stygius Gertsch, 1984 Troglobiont G1G2 TN Interior Low Plateau
Nesticus tennesseensis (Petrunkevitch, 1925) Tennessee Cave Spider Troglobiont G3G4 TN, VA, WV Appalachians

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
CVDW8
GBIF
2152828
ITIS
848926
iNaturalist
153827
NCBI Taxonomy
44402

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