Beakley's Cave Beetle
Pseudanophthalmus beakleyi Valentine, 1937
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Coleoptera |
| Family | Carabidae |
| Genus | Pseudanophthalmus |
| Species | Pseudanophthalmus beakleyi Valentine, 1937 |
Synonyms
- Pseudanophthalmus lupus Barr, 1959 (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Pseudanophthalmus robustus beakleyi (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Pseudanophthalmus robustus lupus (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Pseudanophthalmus beaklei Valentine, 1937 (subjective synonym, CoL)
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglobiont
- Realm
- Terrestrial
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Bunkum Cave, Pickett Co. TN
Range
Known from six counties across two states in the Interior Low Plateau karst region.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Kentucky
- Clinton, McCreary, Wayne
- Tennessee
- Fentress, Overton, Pickett
Karst regions
Interior Low Plateau
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G3G4 Vulnerable to Apparently Secure
Global rank last reviewed 4 April 2008.
Subnational ranks
- Kentucky
- S3 Vulnerable
- Tennessee
- S3 Vulnerable
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
- Barr, T.C., Jr. 1959a. New cave beetles (Carabidae, Trechini) from Tennessee and Kentucky. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 34: 5–30.
- Barr, T.C., Jr. 1962. The robustus group in the genus Pseudanophthalmus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 16: 109–118. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3998965. details
- Barr, T.C., Jr. 2004. A classification and checklist of the genus Pseudanophthalmus Jeannel (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Special Publication 11. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Virginia, USA. 52 pp.
- Benito, J.B., Ober, K.A., Philips, T.K., Orndorff, W. & Niemiller, M.L. 2025. Phylogenomics and biogeography of North American trechine cave beetles (Coleoptera:Carabidae) inferred from ultraconserved elements. Evolution 79: 1622–1642. doi:10.1093/evolut/qpaf103
- Bousquet, Y. 2012. Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. ZooKeys 245: 1–1. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
- Erwin, T.L. & House, G.N. 1978. A catalogue of the primary types of Carabidae (incl. Cicindelinae) in the collections of the United States National Museum of Natural History (USNM) (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin 32: 231–256. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3999875. details
- Harker, D.F., Jr. & Barr, T.C., Jr. 1979. Caves and associated fauna of Eastern Kentucky, Volume 3. Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfurt, Kentucky, USA. 130 pp.
- 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.
- Lewis, J.J. 2009b. Eight new cavernicolous species of the milliped genus Pseudotremia (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Cleidogonidae). In: Roble, S.M. & Mithcell, J.C. (eds), A Lifetime of Contributions to Myriapodology and the Natural History of Virginia: A Festschrift in Honor of Richard L. Hoffman’s 80th Birthday. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 16, pp. 171–186. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Virginia, USA.
- Nicholas, G. 1960. Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States. The American Midland Naturalist 64: 123–160. doi:10.2307/2422897
- 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
- Valentine, J.M. 1937. Anophthalmid beetles (fam. Carabidae) from Tennessee caves. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 53: 93–100.
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
How to cite this account
Pseudanophthalmus beakleyi Valentine, 1937. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0666. https://cavebiology.org/species/pseudanophthalmus-beakleyi/ (accessed 18 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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