Batriasymmodes quisnamus (Park, O., 1951)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Troglobiont

Realm

Terrestrial

Troglomorphy

Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Bunkum Cave, Pickett Co. TN

Range

Known from 16 counties across two states in the Interior Low Plateau karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Kentucky, Tennessee

Counties

Kentucky

Pulaski, Simpson, Wayne

Tennessee

Clay, Davidson, DeKalb, Jackson, Lawrence, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Wayne

Karst regions

Interior Low Plateau

Specimens

Collections holding material

3 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 3 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G3 Vulnerable

Global rank last reviewed 2010.

Subnational ranks

Kentucky

SH Possibly Extirpated

Tennessee

S3 Vulnerable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Other resources

Catalogue of Life

68FV8

GBIF

1039562

ITIS

691457

References

• 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. 2004. Interstate 66 karst faunal study. Environmental Impact Statement. 17 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.
• Lewis, J.J. & Lewis, S.L. 2007. A biological reconnaissance of selected caves in the Highland Rim area of central Tennessee. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 42 pp.
• Lewis, J.J., Whitaker, J.O. & Krantz, G.W. 2010. A biological reconnaissance of the invertebrate fauna of twelve Tennessee caves with notes on the guanophilic mites of the genus Macrocheles. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85: 53–61.
• Nicholas, G. 1960. Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States. The American Midland Naturalist 64: 123–160. doi:10.2307/2422897
• Park, O. 1951. Cavernicolous pselaphid beetles of Alabama and Tennessee, with observations on the taxonomy of the family. Geological Survey of Alabama Museum Paper 31: 1–107.
• Park, O. 1956. New or little known species of pselaphid beetles from southeastern United States. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 31: 54–100.
• Park, O. 1958. New or little known species of pselaphid beetles chiefly from southeastern United States. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 33: 39–74.
• Park, O. 1960. Cavernicolous pselaphid beetles of the United States. The American Midland Naturalist 64: 66–104. doi:10.2307/2422894
• Park, O. 1965. Revision of the genus Batriasymmodes (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 84: 184–201. doi:10.2307/3224285

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