Crosbyella roeweri Goodnight & Goodnight, 1967

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Chelicerata
Class	Arachnida
Order	Opiliones
Family	Phalangodidae
Genus	Crosbyella
Species	Crosbyella roeweri Goodnight & Goodnight, 1967

Synonyms

Phalangodes roeweri (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942) (prior combination, CoL)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class: Troglobiont
Realm: Terrestrial
Troglomorphy: Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Tom Danforth Cave, Benton Co., AR

Range

Known from one county in Arkansas in the Ozarks karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Arkansas

Counties

Arkansas: Benton

Karst regions

Ozarks

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1G2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled

Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.

Subnational ranks

Arkansas: S1 Critically Imperiled

Ranks looked up 23 August 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.

Other resources

Catalogue of Life: 7SQHG
GBIF: 6908549
ITIS: 1014000
iNaturalist: 217776

References

Goodnight, C.J. & Goodnight, M.L. 1942. New Phalangodidae (Phalangida) from the United States. American Museum Novitates 1188: 1–18.

This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.

How to cite this account

Crosbyella roeweri Goodnight & Goodnight, 1967. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0188. https://cavebiology.org/species/crosbyella-roeweri/ (accessed 18 October 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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