Tayshaneta grubbsi

Tayshaneta grubbsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptonetoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Haplogynae Superfamilia: Leptonetoidea

Familia: Leptonetidae
Genus: Tayshaneta
Species: Tayshaneta grubbsi

Name

• Tayshaneta grubbsi Ledford, Paquin, Cokendolpher, Campbell & Griswold, 2012: 45, figs. 20A-C, 32E, 41A-F

Holotype: AMNH, male, 1-September-1974, S. Sweet, M. Reaka.

Type locality: Litterbarrel Cave, 5mi. southeast of Comstock, Val Verde County, Texas, 29.65N, 101.16W.

Etymology: This species is named in honor of Andy Grubbs, a remarkable collector of several new Tayshaneta species throughout Texas.

References

• Ledford, J., Paquin, P., Cokendolpher, J., Campbell, J. & Griswold, C. 2012. Systematics, conservation and morphology of the spider genus Tayshaneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) in Central Texas Caves. ZooKeys 167: 1–102. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.167.1833 Reference page.