Tayshaneta fawcetti

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 fawcetti

Name

Tayshaneta fawcetti Ledford, Paquin, Cokendolpher, Campbell & Griswold, 2012: 42, figs. 2B, 19A-F, 31D, 32D, 40A-F, 53C

Holotype: CASC, male, 10-November-2009, J. Ledford, J. Kennedy, M. Sanders, T. Garot, K. Wardlaw.

Type locality: Fawcett’s Cave, Devil’s River State Natural Area, Val Verde County, Texas, 29.90N, 100.91W.

Etymology: The species name is taken in apposition to the type locality and honors the Fawcett family, who owned Fawcett’s Cave and the surrounding Fawcett Ranch prior to its transition as a State Natural Area in 1988.

Mentions

Leptoneta valverdae Gertsch 1974: 174.
Tayshaneta valverdae (Gertsch, 1974): Ledford et al. 2011.

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.