Catops gratiosus (Blanchard, F., 1915)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Coleoptera |
| Family | Leiodidae |
| Genus | Catops |
| Species | Catops gratiosus (Blanchard, F., 1915) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 53 counties across 14 states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
Counties
- Alabama
- Colbert, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan
- Georgia
- Chattooga, Dade, Walker
- Iowa
- Jackson
- Illinois
- Adams, Gallatin, Hardin, Saline
- Indiana
- Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Ripley, Washington
- Kentucky
- Barren, Carter, Clark, Edmonson, Fayette, Pike, Woodford
- Massachusetts
- Berkshire
- Maryland
- Washington
- New York
- Hamilton
- Ohio
- Adams
- Pennsylvania
- Berkshire, Lancaster, Mifflin, York
- Tennessee
- Bedford, Cannon, DeKalb, Dickson, Loudon, Overton, Perry, Sevier, Stewart, Van Buren
- Virginia
- Giles, Rockingham, Shenondoah, Tazewell
- West Virginia
- Jefferson, Mercer
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- N4 Apparently Secure
Subnational ranks
- Alabama
- S2 Imperiled
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- British Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Alberta
- SU Unrankable
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
Ranks looked up 2 July 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.
References
- Barr, T.C., Jr. & Kuehne, R.A. 1971. Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave system of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem. Annales de Speleologie 26: 47–96. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.10
- Benjamin, R.K. 1951. The taxonomy and relationships of Laboulbeniales on staphylinoid beetles from the United States. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA. 244 pp. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2779802437. details
- Godwin, J.C. 2008. Biological inventory of the cave and karst systems of The Nature Conservancy's Sharp-Bingham Mountain Preserve. Alabama Natural Heritage Program, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 40 pp.
- 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. 2005a. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
- 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. 1995. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part II: The insects. National Speleological Society Bulletin 57: 1–19.
- Peck, S.B. & Cook, J. 2002. Systematics, distributions and bionomics of the small carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Cholevini) of North America. The Canadian Entomologist 134: 723–787. doi:10.4039/Ent134723-6
- 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.
- Reeves, W.K. 2000. Invertebrate cavernicoles of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 116: 334–343. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24335885. details
- Reeves, W.K., Jensen, J.B. & Ozier, J.C. 2000. New faunal and fungal records from caves in Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 62: 169–179. https://caves.org/wp-content/uploads/Publications/JCKS/v62/v62n3-Reeves.pdf. details
- 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.
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.
How to cite this account
Catops gratiosus (Blanchard, F., 1915). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1567. https://cavebiology.org/species/catops-gratiosus/ (accessed 22 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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