Amerizus wingatei (Bland, 1864)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Trogloxene

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from five counties across four states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Wisconsin

Counties

Iowa

Jackson

Illinois

Adams

Kentucky

Carter, Powell

Wisconsin

Richland

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

National ranks

Canada

N5 Secure

United States

NNR

Subnational ranks

Nova Scotia

S3 Vulnerable

Ontario

S4 Apparently Secure

Newfoundland and Labrador

SU Unrankable

Prince Edward Island

SU Unrankable

New Brunswick

S4 Apparently Secure

Newfoundland and Labrador

S4 Apparently Secure

Quebec

SNR Unranked

Illinois

SNR Unranked

Pennsylvania

SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

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.
• Peck, S.B. & Lewis, J.J. 1978. Zoogeography and evolution of the subterranean invertebrate faunas of Illinois and southeastern Missouri. National Speleological Society Bulletin 40: 39–63.
• 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
• Webb, D.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 1993. The biological resources of Illinois caves and other subterranean environments. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 143 pp.

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