Parasitus fimetorum (Berlese, 1904)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Trogloxene

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Tennessee.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Tennessee

Counties

Tennessee

Rutherford

Conservation and management

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

References

• Lewis, J.J., Whitaker, J.O. & Krantz, G.W. 2010. A biological reconnaissance of the invertebrate fauna of twelve Tennessee caves with notes on the guanophilic mites of the genus Macrocheles. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85: 53–61.

How to cite this account

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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