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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaSiphonapteraCtenophthalmidaeCtenophthalmus

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

G1G2G3G4G5

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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