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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaColeopteraLeiodidaePtomaphagus

Ptomaphagus fiskei Peck, 1973

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Leiodidae
Genus Ptomaphagus
Species Ptomaphagus fiskei Peck, 1973

Synonyms

Ptomaphagus fiskei Peck, 1973

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Mountain Farm Cave No. 1, Walker Co. GA

Range

Known from Georgia in the Interior Low Plateau karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Georgia

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

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
31890 · Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
Paratype
547942 · Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona 3
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 2

5 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 5 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1G2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled

G1▲G2▲G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 2002.

Subnational ranks

Georgia
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
4Q9C9
GBIF
9438236
ITIS
933739

How to cite this account

Ptomaphagus fiskei Peck, 1973. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0840. https://cavebiology.org/species/ptomaphagus-fiskei/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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