Neoleptoneta microps

Neoleptoneta microps
Conservation status
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Leptonetidae
Genus:	Neoleptoneta
Species:	N. microps
Binomial name
Neoleptoneta microps (Gertsch, 1974)

Neoleptoneta microps is a rare species of spider in the family Leptonetidae known by the common name Government Canyon bat cave spider. It is endemic to Texas in the United States, where it is known from two caves in Bexar County. It is a troglobite, an animal which spends its entire life in caves. It is one of nine Bexar County troglobites which were listed as endangered species in 2000.^[1]

The main threat to this and other local troglobites is the loss of their karst cave habitat.^[1] The nine other listed Bexar County invertebrates include the Robber Baron cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia), the Cokendolpher cave harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri), and the Madla cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla).

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Neoleptoneta microps. The Nature Conservancy.

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