Tooth Cave spider
| Tooth Cave spider | |
|---|---|
| Tooth Cave spider from Gallifer Cave, Travis County, TX | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Leptonetidae |
| Genus: | Tayshaneta |
| Species: | T. myopica |
| Binomial name | |
| Tayshaneta myopica (Gertsch, 1974) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Tooth Cave spider, formerly Neoleptoneta myopica, now Tayshaneta myopica, is a 1.6 mm (1⁄16 in) long spider in the family Leptonetidae. It is endemic to limestone caves near Austin, Texas in the United States and is considered an endangered species.