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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaColeopteraStaphylinidaeBatrisodes

Batrisodes profundus Park, 1956

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Staphylinidae
Genus Batrisodes
Species Batrisodes profundus Park, 1956

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Sanders (= Turks) Cave, Conecuh Co. AL

Range

Known from one county in Alabama in the Other karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama

Counties

Alabama
Conecuh

Karst regions

Other

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1G2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled

G1▲G2▲G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.

Subnational ranks

Alabama
S1S2 Critically Imperiled to 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
L2MB
GBIF
1041234
ITIS
691251
iNaturalist
214937

References

  • Barr, T.C., Jr. 1966. Some comments on "troglobites of Alabama - the beetles". Huntsville Grotto Newsletter 7: 33–34.
  • Nicholas, G. 1960. Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States. The American Midland Naturalist 64: 123–160. doi:10.2307/2422897
  • Nicholas, G. 1966. Troglobites of Alabama - the beetles. Huntsville Grotto Newsletter 7: 29–32.
  • Park, O. 1956. New or little known species of pselaphid beetles from southeastern United States. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 31: 54–100.
  • Park, O. 1958. New or little known species of pselaphid beetles chiefly from southeastern United States. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 33: 39–74.
  • Park, O. 1960. Cavernicolous pselaphid beetles of the United States. The American Midland Naturalist 64: 66–104. doi:10.2307/2422894
  • 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

Batrisodes profundus Park, 1956. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0887. https://cavebiology.org/species/batrisodes-profundus/ (accessed 19 October 2026).
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