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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaColeopteraStaphylinidaeBatriasymmodes

Batriasymmodes spelaeus (Park, 1951)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Staphylinidae
Genus Batriasymmodes
Species Batriasymmodes spelaeus (Park, 1951)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Bangor Cave, Blount Co. AL

Range

Known from three states across two karst regions.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee

Counties

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

Karst regions

Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau

Genetics

Molecular resources

MarkerMoleculeSequences LengthExemplar
28S nuclear 2 508-688 bp MH174332.1

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

Download all 2 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G3G4 Vulnerable to Apparently Secure

G1G2G3▲G4▲G5

Global rank last reviewed 27 September 2010.

Subnational ranks

Alabama
S3 Vulnerable
Tennessee
S2 Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
68G78
GBIF
1039570
ITIS
691444
iNaturalist
214912
NCBI Taxonomy
2137620

How to cite this account

Batriasymmodes spelaeus (Park, 1951). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0865. https://cavebiology.org/species/batriasymmodes-spelaeus/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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