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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaMyriapodaChilopodaGeophilomorphaHimantariidaeStenophilus

Stenophilus californicus (Chamberlin, 1930)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Myriapoda
Class Chilopoda
Order Geophilomorpha
Family Himantariidae
Genus Stenophilus
Species Stenophilus californicus (Chamberlin, 1930)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Range

Known from California across two karst regions.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

California

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Mother Lode, Other

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1G2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled

G1▲G2▲G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.

Subnational ranks

California
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
523C8
GBIF
2232734
ITIS
1093041
iNaturalist
1000029

How to cite this account

Stenophilus californicus (Chamberlin, 1930). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0377. https://cavebiology.org/species/stenophilus-californicus/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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