Parisotoma notabilis (Schäffer, 1896)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Collembola |
| Order | Entomobryomorpha |
| Family | Isotomidae |
| Genus | Parisotoma |
| Species | Parisotoma notabilis (Schäffer, 1896) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 10 counties across seven states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Tennessee, Wisconsin
Counties
- Florida
- Alachua
- Iowa
- Jackson, Jones
- Illinois
- La Salle, LaSalle, Monroe
- Minnesota
- Wabasha
- Missouri
- Perry
- Tennessee
- Blount
- Wisconsin
- Richland
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- Canada
- NNR
Subnational ranks
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
- Ontario
- SU Unrankable
- Manitoba
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Yukon
- S4 Apparently Secure
- British Columbia
- SU Unrankable
- Alberta
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Northwest Territories
- SU Unrankable
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- 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.
- Peck, S.B. 1970. The terrestrial arthropod fauna of Florida caves. The Florida Entomologist 53: 203–207. doi:10.2307/3493189
- Peck, S.B. & Lewis, J.J. 1978. Zoogeography and evolution of the subterranean invertebrate faunas of Illinois and southeastern Missouri. National Speleological Society Bulletin 40: 39–63.
- 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
- Soto-Adames, F.N. & Taylor, S.J. 2013. New species and new records of springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) from caves in the Salem Plateau of Illinois, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 75: 146–175. doi:10.4311/2011LSC0257
- Webb, D.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 1993. The biological resources of Illinois caves and other subterranean environments. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 143 pp.
How to cite this account
Parisotoma notabilis (Schäffer, 1896). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2779. https://cavebiology.org/species/parisotoma-notabilis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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