Pygmarrhopalites pavo (Christiansen & Bellinger, 1998)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Collembola |
| Order | Symphypleona |
| Family | Arrhopalitidae |
| Genus | Pygmarrhopalites |
| Species | Pygmarrhopalites pavo (Christiansen & Bellinger, 1998) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglobiont
- Realm
- Terrestrial
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Turkey Hill Cave, Rockbridge Co. VA
Range
Known from five counties across five states across three karst regions.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
Counties
- Indiana
- Pulaski
- Tennessee
- Grundy, Overton
- Virginia
- Rockbridge, Scott
Karst regions
Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau, Ozarks
Specimens
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| Universidade Estadual da Paraiba | 5 |
| Illinois Natural History Survey | 1 |
6 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 6 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G3Q Vulnerable
Global rank last reviewed 12 May 2010.
Subnational ranks
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S1S2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled
- Virginia
- S3 Vulnerable
- West Virginia
- S1S2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled
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. & Bellinger, P. 1996b. Cave Arrhopalites: new to science. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 58: 168–180. https://www.caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/V58/V58N3-Christiansen.pdf. details
- Lewis, J.J. 2005a. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
- Niemiller, M.L. & Zigler, K.S. 2013. Patterns of cave biodiversity and endemism in the Appalachians and Interior Plateau of Tennessee, USA. PLOS One 8: e64177. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064177
- Niemiller, M.L., Zigler, K.S., Hinkle, A., Stephen, C.D.R., Cramphorn, B., Higgs, J., Mann, N., Miller, B.T., Niemiller, K.D.K., Smallwood, K. & Hardy, J. 2023b. The Crystal-Wonder Cave System: a new hotspot of subterranean biodiversity in the southern Cumberland Plateau of south-central Tennessee, USA. Diversity 15: 801. doi:10.3390/d15070801
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
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