Black Dancer Caddisfly
Mystacides sepulchralis (Walker, 1852)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Amblypygi |
| Family | Phrynidae |
| Genus | Phrynus |
| Species | Mystacides sepulchralis (Walker, 1852) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Counties
County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Manitoba
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- S4 Apparently Secure
- British Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Alberta
- SU Unrankable
- Yukon
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Northwest Territories
- SU Unrankable
- Saskatchewan
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Connecticut
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Vermont
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- SNR Unranked
- North Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- California
- SNR Unranked
- New Jersey
- SNR Unranked
- Montana
- SNR Unranked
- Maine
- SNR Unranked
- Wyoming
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- SNR Unranked
- Wisconsin
- SNR Unranked
- New Hampshire
- SNR Unranked
- Alaska
- SNR Unranked
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Delaware
- SNR Unranked
- South Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Massachusetts
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Peck, S.B. 1971. The invertebrate fauna of tropical American caves, part I: Chilibrillo Cave, Panama. Annales de Speleologie 26: 423–437.
- 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
How to cite this account
Mystacides sepulchralis (Walker, 1852). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2693. https://cavebiology.org/species/mystacides-sepulchralis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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