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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaColeopteraStaphylinidaeArianops

Arianops steevesi Barr, 1974

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Staphylinidae
Genus Arianops
Species Arianops steevesi Barr, 1974

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Horseshoe Cave, Jackson Co. AL

Range

Known from one county in Alabama in the Interior Low Plateau karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama

Counties

Alabama
Jackson

Karst regions

Interior Low Plateau

Specimens

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Field Museum of Natural History 1

1 cataloged lot 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 1 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

G1G2G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed na.

Subnational ranks

Alabama
S1 Critically 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

Catalogue of Life
GLSH
GBIF
1042073
ITIS
691471
iNaturalist
861673

References

  • Barr, T.C., Jr. 1974. The eyeless beetles of the genus Arianops Brendel (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 154: 1–52.
  • Peck, S.B. 1995. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part II: The insects. National Speleological Society Bulletin 57: 1–19.

This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.

How to cite this account

Arianops steevesi Barr, 1974. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0860. https://cavebiology.org/species/arianops-steevesi/ (accessed 18 October 2026).
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