Nelima elegans (Weed, 1889)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Trogloxene

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from 12 counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Kentucky, Tennessee

Counties

Kentucky

Laurel, Pulaski

Tennessee

Blount, Coffee, Fentress, Franklin, Grundy, Overton, Pickett, Sevier, Van Buren, Warren

Conservation and management

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• 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.
• Mays, J.D. 2002. A systematic approach to sampling the arthropod assemblage of Gregorys Cave, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA. 83 pp.
• Reeves, W.K. 2000. Invertebrate cavernicoles of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 116: 334–343. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24335885.

How to cite this account

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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