Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes Baker, 1904
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Siphonaptera |
| Family | Ctenophthalmidae |
| Genus | Ctenophthalmus |
| Species | Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes Baker, 1904 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Marshall
- Georgia
- Walker
- Tennessee
- Stewart
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Wyoming
- SNR Unranked
- Montana
- SNR Unranked
- Saskatchewan
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Alberta
- S3 Vulnerable
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Manitoba
- S5 Secure
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
- Prince Edward Island
- SU Unrankable
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Lewis, J.J. & Lewis, S.L. 2007. A biological reconnaissance of selected caves in the Highland Rim area of central Tennessee. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 42 pp.
- Lewis, J.J., Whitaker, J.O. & Krantz, G.W. 2010. A biological reconnaissance of the invertebrate fauna of twelve Tennessee caves with notes on the guanophilic mites of the genus Macrocheles. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85: 53–61.
- Peck, S.B. 1995. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part II: The insects. National Speleological Society Bulletin 57: 1–19.
- Reeves, W.K., Jensen, J.B. & Ozier, J.C. 2000. New faunal and fungal records from caves in Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 62: 169–179. https://caves.org/wp-content/uploads/Publications/JCKS/v62/v62n3-Reeves.pdf.
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
How to cite this account
Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes Baker, 1904. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2330. https://cavebiology.org/species/ctenophthalmus-pseudagyrtes/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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