Robustocheles occulta Zacharda & Pugsley, 1988
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Actinedida |
| Family | Rhagidiidae |
| Genus | Robustocheles |
| Species | Robustocheles occulta Zacharda & Pugsley, 1988 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglobiont
- Realm
- Terrestrial
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
- Maximum length
- 1 mm
Distribution
Type locality
Castleguard Cave, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Range
Known from one county across three states across two karst regions.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alberta, Iowa, Washington
Counties
- Iowa
- Winneshiek
Karst regions
Driftless Area, Other
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G2G3 Imperiled to Vulnerable
Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.
Subnational ranks
- Iowa
- SNR Unranked
- Washington
- SNR Unranked
- Alberta
- SNR Unranked
Ranks looked up 23 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Other resources
References
- Peck, S.B. 1988. A review of the cave fauna of Canada, and the composition and ecology of the invertebrate fauna of caves and mines in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 1197–1213. doi:10.1139/z88-176
- Peck, S.B. & Christiansen, K. 1990. Evolution and zoogeography of the invertebrate cave faunas of the Driftless Area of the upper Mississippi River Valley of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 73–88. doi:10.1139/z90-012
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
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