Quedius spelaeus Horn, 1871

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Troglophile

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from eight counties across four states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin

Counties

Iowa

Jackson

Illinois

Carroll, Jo Daviess, Monroe, Pike

Indiana

Monroe

Wisconsin

Crawford, Richland

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

National ranks

United States

NNR

Canada

NU

Subnational ranks

Montana

SNR Unranked

Illinois

SNR Unranked

Idaho

SNR Unranked

Indiana

S5 Secure

Alberta

S3 Vulnerable

Saskatchewan

S3 Vulnerable

New Brunswick

S1 Critically Imperiled

Nova Scotia

S1 Critically Imperiled

British Columbia

SU Unrankable

Manitoba

SU Unrankable

Yukon

SU Unrankable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Banta, A.M. 1907. The fauna of Mayfield's Cave. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 67: 1–114. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60987.
• 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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