Tayshaneta sprousei

Tayshaneta sprousei

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 sprousei

Name

• Tayshaneta sprousei Ledford, Paquin, Cokendolpher, Campbell & Griswold, 2012: 59, figs. 27A-C, 48A-F

Holotype: AMNH, male, 6-March-2001, G. Veni.

Type locality: Constant Sorrow Cave, Camp Bullis, Bexar County, Texas, 29.63N, 98.58W.

Etymology: This species is named in honor of Peter Sprouse, fellow caver, biologist and collector of several Tayshaneta species in Texas caves.

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.