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AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaColeopteraStaphylinidaeBatrisodes

Batrisodes subterraneus Park, 1951

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Staphylinidae
Genus Batrisodes
Species Batrisodes subterraneus Park, 1951

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Griffith Cave, Marshall Co. AL

Range

Known from one county in Alabama in the Interior Low Plateau karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama

Counties

Alabama
Marshall

Karst regions

Interior Low Plateau

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1 Critically Imperiled

G1▲G2G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 2002.

Subnational ranks

Alabama
S1 Critically Imperiled

State and federal status

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

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
5WFW8
GBIF
1041259
ITIS
691258
iNaturalist
214946

References

  • Barr, T.C., Jr. 1966. Some comments on "troglobites of Alabama - the beetles". Huntsville Grotto Newsletter 7: 33–34.
  • Nicholas, G. 1960. Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States. The American Midland Naturalist 64: 123–160. doi:10.2307/2422897
  • Nicholas, G. 1966. Troglobites of Alabama - the beetles. Huntsville Grotto Newsletter 7: 29–32.
  • 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. 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
  • Peck, S.B. 1995. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part II: The insects. National Speleological Society Bulletin 57: 1–19.

This account was last revised 28 August 2026.

How to cite this account

Batrisodes subterraneus Park, 1951. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0891. https://cavebiology.org/species/batrisodes-subterraneus/ (accessed 18 October 2026).
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