Nesticus cressleri Zigler & Milne, 2022

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

Nesticus cressleri Zigler & Milne, 2022

Nesticus cressleri Zigler & Milne, 2022: 293, figs 1B, D, 4, 5, 7.

Material examined.

Type material: USA - Georgia, Walker Co. • ♂, ♀, 1 imm; Anderson Spring Cave (GWK46); 11 Jun. 2014; K.S. Zigler, L. Carver, W.T. Coleman leg.; KSZ 13-159; Non type material: - Walker Co. • ♀, 1 imm; Pigeon Cave (GWK57); 3 Aug. 2013; L. Carver, A. Cressler, K.S. Zigler leg.; KSZ 13-184 .

Diagnosis.

Morphological diagnosis as in Zigler and Milne (2022).

Distribution and natural history.

This troglomorphic taxon is known only from three geographically adjacent caves on Pigeon Mountain in Walker County, Georgia (Fig. 8 ; Zigler and Milne 2022: fig. 7).

Figures

Figure 8. Distribution of the Nesticus archeri group, including Nesticus archeri, N. pecki, N. jemisinae, N. cressleri, and N. stygius. State boundaries and major cities shown for geographic context. Dashed lines circumscribe the distributions of N. pecki and N. stygius.