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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaColeopteraLeiodidaeGlacicavicola

Glacicavicola bathyscioides Westcott, 1968

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Leiodidae
Genus Glacicavicola
Species Glacicavicola bathyscioides Westcott, 1968

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Range

Known from two states in the Other karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Idaho, Wyoming

Counties

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

Karst regions

Other

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
CASTYPE9849 · California Academy of Sciences
Paratype
PERC-0066402 · Purdue Entomological Research Collection

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
California Academy of Sciences 1
Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona 1
Natural History Museum, London 1
Purdue Entomological Research Collection 1

4 cataloged lots in 4 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 4 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

VU Vulnerable B1+2c

EXEWCRENVU▲NTLC

Assessed in 1996.

NatureServe

G3 Vulnerable

G1G2G3▲G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 19 February 2023.

Subnational ranks

Idaho
S1 Critically Imperiled
Wyoming
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
3G4D9
GBIF
9628714
ITIS
933629
iNaturalist
220386

How to cite this account

Glacicavicola bathyscioides Westcott, 1968. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0834. https://cavebiology.org/species/glacicavicola-bathyscioides/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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