Stenoponia americana (Baker, 1899)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Siphonaptera |
| Family | Hystrichopsyllidae |
| Genus | Stenoponia |
| Species | Stenoponia americana (Baker, 1899) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Iowa, Tennessee
Counties
- Iowa
- Jackson
- Tennessee
- Fentress
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Ontario
- SU Unrankable
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Manitoba
- S5 Secure
- Alberta
- SU Unrankable
Ranks looked up 2 July 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
References
- Lewis, J.J. 2005a. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
- 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
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.
How to cite this account
Stenoponia americana (Baker, 1899). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2960. https://cavebiology.org/species/stenoponia-americana/ (accessed 22 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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