Nesticus stygius Gertsch, 1984

Hedin, Marshal & Milne, Marc A., 2023, New species in old mountains: integrative taxonomy reveals ten new species and extensive short-range endemism in Nesticus spiders (Araneae, Nesticidae) from the southern Appalachian Mountains, ZooKeys 1145, pp. 1-130 : 1

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724

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scientific name

Nesticus stygius Gertsch, 1984
status

 

Nesticus stygius Gertsch, 1984 View in CoL View at ENA

Fig. 2A, B View Figure 2

Nesticus stygius Gertsch, 1984: 36, figs 170-172; Hedin and Dellinger 2005: 8, figs 11, 12.

Material examined.

New collections from type locality: USA - Tennessee, Overton Co. • ♂, 3♀; Obe Lee Cave , N of Monterey; 11 Oct. 1993; M. Hedin, C. Phillips leg.; Non type material: - Overton Co. • ♂, 1 imm; East Water Supply Cave, TOV15; 13 Jul. 2013; M.L. Niemiller, K.D. Kendall leg.; MLN 13-036; • 7♀; Raven Bluff Cave , NW of Allons; 26 Sep. 1992; M. Hedin, S. O’Kane leg.; • 2♂, ♀; Raven Bluff Cave ; 1 Oct. 1991; M. Hedin, K. Crandall, A. Gerber leg.; • ♀; Raven Bluff Cave ; 28 Aug. 2005; M. Hedin, R. Keith, J. Starrett, S. Thomas leg.; MCH 05_101; • 4♀, 1 imm; Raven Bluff Cave , TOV28; 3 Sep. 2017; M.L. Niemiller, N. Mann leg.; MLN 17-008.6; • ♀, 1 imm; Webb Cave , TOV39; 1 Oct. 2017; N.S. Gladstone, E.T. Carter, L. Hayter leg.; NSG 17-TOV39.17 .

Diagnosis.

Morphological diagnosis as in Hedin and Dellinger (2005).

Distribution.

This highly troglomorphic taxon is only known from a few caves on the western margin of the Cumberland Plateau in Overton County, north-central Tennessee (Fig. 8 View Figure 8 ; Hedin and Dellinger 2005: fig. 1).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Nesticidae

Genus

Nesticus

Loc

Nesticus stygius Gertsch, 1984

Hedin, Marshal & Milne, Marc A. 2023
2023
Loc

Nesticus stygius

Gertsch 1984
1984