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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaColeopteraCarabidaePseudanophthalmus

Pseudanophthalmus pubescens (Horn, 1868)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Carabidae
Genus Pseudanophthalmus
Species Pseudanophthalmus pubescens (Horn, 1868)

Synonyms

Anophthalmus pubescens G.Horn, 1869

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

L & N Railroad Cave, Barren Co. KY

Range

Known from Kentucky in the Interior Low Plateau karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Kentucky

Counties

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

Karst regions

Interior Low Plateau

Genetics

Molecular resources

MarkerMoleculeSequences LengthExemplar
28S nuclear 3 865-876 bp OR353640.1
COI mitochondrial 3 617-1081 bp OR509998.1

6 sequences, retrieved 23 August 2026. Counts change as sequences are deposited. Search GenBank.

Download all 6 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
8230 · Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Illinois Natural History Survey 5
University of Alberta Museums 5
KY 4
Chicago Academy of Sciences 3
C. A. Triplehorn Insect Collection, Ohio State University 3
Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona 3
and 1 other collection 1

24 cataloged lots in 7 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 24 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G3 Vulnerable

G1G2G3▲G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.

Subnational ranks

Kentucky
S3 Vulnerable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
78CK7
GBIF
1035104
ITIS
110173
iNaturalist
229026
NCBI Taxonomy
2993053

How to cite this account

Pseudanophthalmus pubescens (Horn, 1868). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0761. https://cavebiology.org/species/pseudanophthalmus-pubescens/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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