Brathinus nitidus LeConte, J. L., 1852

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Troglophile

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from 14 counties across three states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee

Counties

Alabama

DeKalb, Limestone, Madison, Marshall

Kentucky

Boyle, Carter, Estill, Lee, Marion, Rockcastle

Tennessee

Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, White

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G4 Apparently Secure

National ranks

Canada

NU

United States

NNR

Subnational ranks

Newfoundland and Labrador

SU Unrankable

New Brunswick

S3 Vulnerable

Nova Scotia

SU Unrankable

Quebec

SNR Unranked

Alabama

SNR Unranked

Virginia

SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Barr, T.C., Jr. 1965. The Pseudanophthalmus of the Appalachian Valley (Coleoptera: Carabidae). The American Midland Naturalist 73: 41–72. doi:10.2307/2423320
• Harker, D.F., Jr. & Barr, T.C., Jr. 1979. Caves and associated fauna of Eastern Kentucky, Volume 3. Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfurt, Kentucky, USA. 130 pp.
• Lewis, J.J. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
• Page, G. 2021. Troglofauna of Van Buren and White County: a survey of four caves in the mideastern Cumberland Plateau. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. 18 pp.
• Peck, S.B. 1995. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part II: The insects. National Speleological Society Bulletin 57: 1–19.

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