A new species of spider (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Islandiana) from a southern Indiana cave

By

Milne, Marc
Wells, Elizabeth

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

26

Pages

19-26

Subjects

Erigoninae , karst , Midwest , sheet-web spider , subterranean , underground

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.26.25605

 

Abstract

The genus Islandiana (Araneae, Linyphiidae) was erected by Braendegaard in 1932 and is comprised of 14 species, most of which are native to North America. Herein we add a 15th species, Islandianalewisi sp. n., from southern Indiana, USA. This species resembles both I.flavoides Ivie, 1965 and I.cavealis Ivie, 1965, the latter of which is geographically-close.