Packard's Cave Pseudoscorpion
Kleptochthonius packardi (Hagen, 1879)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Family | Chthoniidae |
| Genus | Kleptochthonius |
| Species | Kleptochthonius packardi (Hagen, 1879) |
Synonyms
- Kleptochthonius (Chamberlinochthonius) packardi (subjective synonym, ITIS)
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglobiont
- Realm
- Terrestrial
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Wyandotte Cave, Crawford Co. IN
Range
Known from three counties across two states in the Interior Low Plateau karst region.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Indiana, Kentucky
Counties
- Indiana
- Crawford
- Kentucky
- Barren, Edmonson
Karst regions
Interior Low Plateau
Specimens
Type material
- Lectotype
- 88517 · Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
- Lectotype
- 88512 · Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
- Lectotype
- 88514 · Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
- Lectotype
- 88515 · Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
- Lectotype
- 88516 · Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
- Syntype
- 88513 · Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard | 6 |
6 cataloged lots in 1 collection. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.
Download all 6 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G2 Imperiled
Global rank last reviewed 24 February 2023.
Subnational ranks
- Indiana
- S2 Imperiled
Ranks looked up 23 August 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.
Other resources
References
- Bailey, V. 1933. Cave Life of Kentucky. US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey, Washington, DC, USA. 256 pp.
- Banks, N. 1895. Notes on the Pseudoscorpionida. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 3: 1–13. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25002639. details
- Chamberlin, J.C. & Malcolm, D.R. 1960. The occurrence of false scorpions in caves with special reference to cavernicolous adaptation and to cave species in the North American fauna (Arachnida-Chelonethida). American Midland Naturalist 64: 105–115.
- Giovannoli, L. 1933. Invertebrate life of Mammoth and other neighboring caves. In: Bailey, V. (ed), Cave Life of Kentucky, pp. 600–623.
- Packard, A.S. 1881. Fauna of the Luray and Newmarket caves, Virginia. The American Naturalist 15: 231–232. doi:10.1086/272787
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
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