Deermice Flea
Epitedia wenmanni (Rothschild, 1904)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Siphonaptera |
| Family | Ctenophthalmidae |
| Genus | Epitedia |
| Species | Epitedia wenmanni (Rothschild, 1904) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
- Tennessee
- Perry, Stewart
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Yukon
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Manitoba
- S5 Secure
- Northwest Territories
- SU Unrankable
- Alberta
- S5 Secure
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SNR Unranked
- British Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Saskatchewan
- 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
- Barr, T.C., Jr. & Kuehne, R.A. 1971. Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave system of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem. Annales de Speleologie 26: 47–96. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.10
- 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.
How to cite this account
Epitedia wenmanni (Rothschild, 1904). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2431. https://cavebiology.org/species/epitedia-wenmanni/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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