Ptenothrix atra (Linnæus, C, 1758)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Trogloxene

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from four counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Illinois, Tennessee

Counties

Illinois

Johnson

Tennessee

Blount, Pickett, White

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

National ranks

Canada

NNR

United States

NNR

Subnational ranks

Manitoba

S4 Apparently Secure

Nova Scotia

SU Unrankable

Ontario

S4 Apparently Secure

British Columbia

SU Unrankable

Illinois

SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• 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.
• 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.
• 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

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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