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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaChelicerataArachnidaPseudoscorpionesNeobisiidaeMicrobisium

Microbisium parvulum (Banks, 1895)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Chelicerata
Class Arachnida
Order Pseudoscorpiones
Family Neobisiidae
Genus Microbisium
Species Microbisium parvulum (Banks, 1895)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Trogloxene
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from three counties across three states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee

Counties

Illinois
Monroe
Kentucky
Pulaski
Tennessee
Franklin

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

G1G2G3G4G5

National ranks

United States
NNR
Canada
NU

Subnational ranks

Quebec
SNR Unranked
Nova Scotia
SU Unrankable
Manitoba
SU Unrankable
Ontario
SU Unrankable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Lewis, J.J., Moss, P., Tecic, D. & Nelson, M.E. 2003. A conservation focused inventory of subterranean invertebrates of the southwestern Illinois karst. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 65: 9–21.
  • Lewis, J.J. 2004. Interstate 66 karst faunal study. Environmental Impact Statement. 17 pp.
  • Lewis, J.J. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.

How to cite this account

Microbisium parvulum (Banks, 1895). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1834. https://cavebiology.org/species/microbisium-parvulum/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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