Barr's Cave Springtail
Sinella barri Christiansen, 1960
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Collembola |
| Order | Entomobryomorpha |
| Family | Entomobryidae |
| Genus | Sinella |
| Species | Sinella barri Christiansen, 1960 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglobiont
- Realm
- Terrestrial
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Inman Cave, Perry Co. TN
Range
Known from 11 counties across 10 states across four karst regions.
Continent
North America
Countries
Mexico, United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Mexico, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin
Counties
- Alabama
- DeKalb
- Arkansas
- Izard, Randolph
- Kentucky
- Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio, Pulaski
- Mexico
- FELIPE CARRILLO PUERTO, Quintana Roo
- Tennessee
- Perry, Robertson
Karst regions
Appalachians, Driftless Area, Interior Low Plateau, Ozarks
Specimens
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| Universidad de Quintana Roo | 4 |
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | 1 |
| Natural History Museum, London | 1 |
6 cataloged lots in 3 collections. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.
Download all 6 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.
Subnational ranks
- Alabama
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Kentucky
- S3 Vulnerable
- Missouri
- SU Unrankable
- Tennessee
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Virginia
- S3 Vulnerable
- Wisconsin
- SNR Unranked
Ranks looked up 23 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Other resources
References
- Christiansen, K. 1960c. The genus Sinella Brook (Collembola: Entomobryidae) in Nearctic caves. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 53: 481–491. doi:10.1093/aesa/53.4.481
- Dunivan, J.D., Tumlison, C.R. & McDaniel, V.R. 1982. Cave fauna of Arkansas: further records. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 36: 87–88. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol36/iss1/28. details
- Harker, D.F., Jr. & Barr, T.C., Jr. 1980. Caves and associated fauna of the Western Kentucky coal field, Volume 2. Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfurt, Kentucky, USA. 114 pp.
- Lewis, J.J. 2004. Interstate 66 karst faunal study. Environmental Impact Statement. 17 pp.
- McDaniel, V.R. & Smith, K.L. 1976. Cave fauna of Arkansas: selected invertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 30: 57–60. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol30/iss1/22. details
- Peck, S.B. 1995. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part II: The insects. National Speleological Society Bulletin 57: 1–19.
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
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