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12-22-2016

Neoleptoneta myopica

Neoleptoneta myopica NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

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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 Tooth Cave spider was first described in 1974 by Willis J. Gertsch, as Leptoneta myopica. At the time it was only known from Tooth Cave in Travis County, Texas, 15 miles northwest of Austin. The specific name myopica is from the Greek myopia, “nearsighted”. In 1977, Paolo Brignoli transferred the species to the genus Neoleptoneta. A 2011 phylogenetic study of Neoleptoneta and other North American genera in the family Leptonetidae showed that Neoleptoneta was not monophyletic. Several new genera were erected, including Tayshaneta, to which the Tooth Cave spider was transferred, as Tayshaneta myopica.

Detailed information
Full Name: Tooth Cave Spider (Neoleptoneta myopica)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Arachnids
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 09/16/1988 Southwest Region (Region 2) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Tooth Cave Spider, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Texas
  • US Counties in which the Tooth Cave Spider, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the Tooth Cave Spider.
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
08/25/1994 Recovery Plan for Endangered Karst Invertebrates in Travis and Williamson Counties, Texas View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
08/25/1994 Recovery Plan for Endangered Karst Invertebrates in Travis and Williamson Counties, Texas View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
04/23/2007 72 FR 20134 20136 5-Year Reviews of 24 Southwestern Species
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
Date
Title
12/04/2009 Tooth Cave Spider, Kretschmarr Cave Mold Beetle, and Tooth Cave Pseudoscorpion 5-Year Review
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