Folsomia prima Mills, HB, 1931

Taxonomy

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

Iowa, Illinois

Counties

Iowa

Clayton

Illinois

Hardin, Monroe

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

National ranks

United States

NNR

Subnational ranks

Indiana

S4 Apparently Secure

Illinois

SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Peck, S.B. & Lewis, J.J. 1978. Zoogeography and evolution of the subterranean invertebrate faunas of Illinois and southeastern Missouri. National Speleological Society Bulletin 40: 39–63.
• Peck, S.B. & Christiansen, K. 1990. Evolution and zoogeography of the invertebrate cave faunas of the Driftless Area of the upper Mississippi River Valley of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 73–88. doi:10.1139/z90-012
• 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
• Webb, D.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 1993. The biological resources of Illinois caves and other subterranean environments. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 143 pp.

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