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12-22-2016

Adelocosa anops

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video.The Kauaʻi cave wolf spider (Adelocosa anops, the only species in the genus Adelocosa), also known to local residents as the “blind spider”, is only known to occur in a few caves in a lava flow with an area of 10.5 km (4.1 sq mi) in the Kōloa–Poʻipū region of Kauaʻi, Hawaiian Islands, and only six populations are known to exist. While their nearest surface-dwelling relatives have large eyes, this species has completely lost its eyes. They reach a body length around 20 mm (0.8 in), and are reddish brown and completely harmless

Detailed information
Full Name: Kauai cave wolf or pe'e pe'e maka 'ole spider (Adelocosa anops)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Arachnids
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 01/14/2000 Pacific Region (Region 1) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Kauai cave wolf or pe'e pe'e maka 'ole spider, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Hawaii
  • US Counties in which the Kauai cave wolf or pe'e pe'e maka 'ole spider, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
  • Additional species information
Federal register documents
Date
Citation Page
Title
02/13/2015 80 FR 8100 8103 Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews of 133 Species in Hawaii, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington
07/19/2006 71 FR 41041 Recovery Plan for the Kauai Cave Arthropods: The Kauai Cave Wolf Spider (Adelocosa anops) and the Kauai Cave Amphipod (Spelaeorchestia koloana)
07/06/2005 70 FR 38972 38975 Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of the Mariana Fruit Bat (Pteropus mariannus mariannus), Mariana Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis), Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis), Kauai Akialoa (Honeycreeper) (Hemignathus procerus), Large Kauai Thrush (Myadestes myadestinus), Kauai Oo (Honeyeater) (Moho braccatus), Ou (Honeycreeper) (Psittirostra psittace), Molokai Creeper (Paroreomyza flammea), Molokai Thrush (Myadestes lanaiensis rutha), Kauai Cave Wolf Spider (Adelocosa anops) Kauai Cave Amphipod (Spelaeorchestia koloana), Alsinidendron obovatum (No Common Name), Amaranthus brownii (No Common Name), Chamaesyce celastroides var. kaenana (Akoko), Chamaesyce deppeana (Akoko), Chamaesyce herbstii (Akoko), Chamaesyce skottsbergii var. kalaeloana (Ewa Plains Akoko), Clermontia pyrularia (Oha Wai), Cyanea grimesiana ssp. obatae (No Common Name), Cyanea pinnatifida (Haha), Cyanea st.-johnii (Haha), Cyanea superba (Haha), Cyanea truncata (Haha), Cyrtandra dentate (Haiwale), Gouania vitifolia (No Common Name), Hedyotis degeneri (No Common Name), Hibiscadelphus woodii (Hau Kuahiwi), Castilleja levisecta (Golden paintbrush), Fender's Blue Butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi), Erigeron decumbens var. decumbens (Willamette Daisy), Lupinus sulphureus ssp. kincaidii (Kincaid's Lupine), Lomatium bradshawii (Bradshaw's Desert Parsley), and Sidalcea nelsoniana (Nelson's Checker-mallow)
02/09/2005 70 FR 6902 6903 Draft Recovery Plan for the Kaua`i Cave Arthropods: the Kaua`i Cave Wolf Spider (Adelocosa Anops) and the Kaua`i Cave Amphipod(Spelaeorchestia Koloana)
04/09/2003 68 FR 17430 17470 Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; designation of critical habitat for the Kauai cave wolf spider and Kauai cave amphipod
11/15/2002 67 FR 69177 69179 Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; determination of critical habitat for the kauai cave wolf spider and kauai cave amphipod; proposed rule; extension of comment period and notice of availability of draft economic analysis
03/27/2002 67 FR 14671 14690 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Critical Habitat for the Kauai Cave Wolf Spider and Kauai Cave Amphipod
10/30/2001 66 FR 54808 54832 ETWP; Review of Plant and Animal Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened,Annual Notice of Findings on Recycled Petitions, and Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Proposed Rule
01/14/2000 65 FR 2348 2357 ETWP; Final Rule To List Two Cave Animals From Kauai, Hawaii, as Endangered
10/25/1999 64 FR 57535 57547 Review of Plant and Animal Taxa That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Recycled Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
Recovery
To learn more about critical habitat please see http://ecos.fws.gov/crithab
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
07/19/2006 Final Recovery Plan for the Kaua`i Cave Arthropods: the Kaua`i Cave Wolf Spider (Adelocosa Anops) and the Kaua`i Cave Amphipod (Spelaeorchestia Koloana) View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
07/19/2006 Final Recovery Plan for the Kaua`i Cave Arthropods: the Kaua`i Cave Wolf Spider (Adelocosa Anops) and the Kaua`i Cave Amphipod (Spelaeorchestia Koloana) View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
02/13/2015 80 FR 8100 8103 Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews of 133 Species in Hawaii, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
07/19/2006 71 FR 41041 Recovery Plan for the Kauai Cave Arthropods: The Kauai Cave Wolf Spider (Adelocosa anops) and the Kauai Cave Amphipod (Spelaeorchestia koloana)
  • Notice Final Recovery Plan Availability
07/06/2005 70 FR 38972 38975 Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of the Mariana Fruit Bat (Pteropus mariannus mariannus), Mariana Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis), Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis), Kauai Akialoa (Honeycreeper) (Hemignathus procerus), Large Kauai Thrush (Myadestes myadestinus), Kauai Oo (Honeyeater) (Moho braccatus), Ou (Honeycreeper) (Psittirostra psittace), Molokai Creeper (Paroreomyza flammea), Molokai Thrush (Myadestes lanaiensis rutha), Kauai Cave Wolf Spider (Adelocosa anops) Kauai Cave Amphipod (Spelaeorchestia koloana), Alsinidendron obovatum (No Common Name), Amaranthus brownii (No Common Name), Chamaesyce celastroides var. kaenana (Akoko), Chamaesyce deppeana (Akoko), Chamaesyce herbstii (Akoko), Chamaesyce skottsbergii var. kalaeloana (Ewa Plains Akoko), Clermontia pyrularia (Oha Wai), Cyanea grimesiana ssp. obatae (No Common Name), Cyanea pinnatifida (Haha), Cyanea st.-johnii (Haha), Cyanea superba (Haha), Cyanea truncata (Haha), Cyrtandra dentate (Haiwale), Gouania vitifolia (No Common Name), Hedyotis degeneri (No Common Name), Hibiscadelphus woodii (Hau Kuahiwi), Castilleja levisecta (Golden paintbrush), Fender's Blue Butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi), Erigeron decumbens var. decumbens (Willamette Daisy), Lupinus sulphureus ssp. kincaidii (Kincaid's Lupine), Lomatium bradshawii (Bradshaw's Desert Parsley), and Sidalcea nelsoniana (Nelson's Checker-mallow)
  • Notice 5-year Review
02/09/2005 70 FR 6902 6903 Draft Recovery Plan for the Kaua`i Cave Arthropods: the Kaua`i Cave Wolf Spider (Adelocosa Anops) and the Kaua`i Cave Amphipod(Spelaeorchestia Koloana)
  • Notice Recovery Plan Avail.
11/15/2002 67 FR 69177 69179 Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; determination of critical habitat for the kauai cave wolf spider and kauai cave amphipod; proposed rule; extension of comment period and notice of availability of draft economic analysis
  • Notice Doc. Availability
Date
Title
09/29/2006 Kauai Cave Wolf Spider 5-Year Review
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