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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaEphemeropteraHeptageniidaeStenonema

Cream Cahill
Stenonema femoratum (Say, 1823)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Ephemeroptera
Family Heptageniidae
Genus Stenonema
Species Stenonema femoratum (Say, 1823)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygoxene
Realm
Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from two counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Arkansas, Illinois

Counties

Arkansas
Izard
Illinois
Monroe

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

Canada
N4 Apparently Secure
United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

New Brunswick
SU Unrankable
Ontario
S4 Apparently Secure
Quebec
SNR Unranked
Manitoba
SU Unrankable
Nova Scotia
SU Unrankable
Newfoundland and Labrador
SU Unrankable
Saskatchewan
S4 Apparently Secure
Northwest Territories
SU Unrankable
Illinois
SNR Unranked
Pennsylvania
SNR Unranked
Georgia
SNR Unranked
North Dakota
SNR Unranked
Kentucky
SNR Unranked
Missouri
SNR Unranked
Mississippi
SNR Unranked
Ohio
SNR Unranked
Tennessee
SNR Unranked
New York
SNR Unranked
Virginia
SNR Unranked
West Virginia
SNR Unranked
Iowa
SNR Unranked
Wisconsin
S5 Secure
Arkansas
SNR Unranked
Texas
SNR Unranked
Louisiana
SNR Unranked
Kansas
SNR Unranked
Michigan
SNR Unranked
Maine
SNR Unranked
Nebraska
SNR Unranked
Minnesota
SNR Unranked
Indiana
S5 Secure
New Hampshire
SNR Unranked
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
South Carolina
SNR Unranked
North Carolina
SNR Unranked
Alabama
SNR Unranked
Connecticut
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • McDaniel, V.R. & Smith, K.L. 1976. Cave fauna of Arkansas: selected invertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 30: 57–60. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol30/iss1/22.
  • 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

Stenonema femoratum (Say, 1823). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2959. https://cavebiology.org/species/stenonema-femoratum/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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