Desoria trispinata (Mac Gillivray, 1896)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Collembola |
| Order | Entomobryomorpha |
| Family | Isotomidae |
| Genus | Desoria |
| Species | Desoria trispinata (Mac Gillivray, 1896) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Illinois, Tennessee
Counties
- Illinois
- Monroe
- Tennessee
- Montgomery
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- NU
Subnational ranks
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- British Columbia
- SU Unrankable
- Nova Scotia
- 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.
- Soto-Adames, F.N. & Taylor, S.J. 2013. New species and new records of springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) from caves in the Salem Plateau of Illinois, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 75: 146–175. doi:10.4311/2011LSC0257
How to cite this account
Desoria trispinata (Mac Gillivray, 1896). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2366. https://cavebiology.org/species/desoria-trispinata/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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