Tayshaneta fawcetti

Tayshaneta fawcetti

Taxonavigation

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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

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  • 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

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

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