Terrilimosina racovitzai (Bezzi, 1911)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Diptera |
| Family | Sphaeroceridae |
| Genus | Terrilimosina |
| Species | Terrilimosina racovitzai (Bezzi, 1911) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from six counties across five states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Iowa, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
Counties
- Iowa
- Dubuque, Jackson
- Illinois
- Henderson
- New York
- Schoharie
- Pennsylvania
- Berks
- Wisconsin
- Pierce
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- Canada
- NNR
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Marshall, S.A. & Peck, S.B. 1984. Distribution of cave-dwelling Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) of eastern North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 115: 37–41.
- 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
How to cite this account
Terrilimosina racovitzai (Bezzi, 1911). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2076. https://cavebiology.org/species/terrilimosina-racovitzai/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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