Springtail
Folsomia stella Christiansen, KA & Tucker, BE, 1977
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Collembola |
| Order | Entomobryomorpha |
| Family | Isotomidae |
| Genus | Folsomia |
| Species | Folsomia stella Christiansen, KA & Tucker, BE, 1977 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 12 counties across five states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Tennessee, Wisconsin
Counties
- Iowa
- Clayton, Dubuque, Jackson, Winneshiek
- Illinois
- Monroe, St. Clair
- Minnesota
- Fillmore
- Tennessee
- Campbell, Montgomery, Van Buren, White
- Wisconsin
- Crawford
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- Canada
- NU
Subnational ranks
- Northwest Territories
- SU Unrankable
- British Columbia
- SU Unrankable
- Nunavut
- SU Unrankable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Barr, T.C., Jr. 1981. Pseudanophthalmus from Appalachian caves (Coleoptera: Carabidae): the engelhardti complex. Brimleyana 5: 37–94.
- Lewis, J.J. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
- 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. & 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
How to cite this account
Folsomia stella Christiansen, KA & Tucker, BE, 1977. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2475. https://cavebiology.org/species/folsomia-stella/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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