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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaCollembolaEntomobryomorphaOncopoduridaeOncopodura

Oncopodura iowae Christiansen, 1980

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Collembola
Order Entomobryomorpha
Family Oncopoduridae
Genus Oncopodura
Species Oncopodura iowae Christiansen, 1980

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Hunter's Cave, Jackson Co. IA

Range

Known from four counties across three states across three karst regions.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Iowa, Illinois, Missouri

Counties

Iowa
Dubuque, Jackson
Illinois
Monroe, St. Clair

Karst regions

Black Hills, Driftless Area, Ozarks

Specimens

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Illinois Natural History Survey 2
Natural History Museum, London 1

3 cataloged lots in 2 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 3 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G3G4 Vulnerable to Apparently Secure

G1G2G3▲G4▲G5

Global rank last reviewed 1 October 1997.

Subnational ranks

Illinois
SNR Unranked
Iowa
SNR Unranked
Missouri
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

Catalogue of Life
6SMSG
GBIF
2121920
ITIS
99885
iNaturalist
226400

References

  • Lewis, J.J., Moss, P., Tecic, D. & Nelson, M.E. 2003. A conservation focused inventory of subterranean invertebrates of the southwestern Illinois karst. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 65: 9–21.
  • Peck, S.B. & Christiansen, K. 1990. Evolution and zoogeography of the invertebrate cave faunas of the Driftless Area of the upper Mississippi River Valley of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 73–88. doi:10.1139/z90-012
  • Soto-Adames, F.N. & Taylor, S.J. 2013. New species and new records of springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) from caves in the Salem Plateau of Illinois, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 75: 146–175. doi:10.4311/2011LSC0257

This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.

How to cite this account

Oncopodura iowae Christiansen, 1980. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0424. https://cavebiology.org/species/oncopodura-iowae/ (accessed 18 October 2026).
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