Arbuckle Cave Beetle
Horologion speokites Valentine, 1932
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Coleoptera |
| Family | Carabidae |
| Genus | Horologion |
| Species | Horologion speokites Valentine, 1932 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglobiont
- Realm
- Terrestrial
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Arbuckle Cave, Greenbrier Co. WV
Range
Known from one county in West Virginia in the Appalachians karst region.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
West Virginia
Counties
- West Virginia
- Greenbrier
Karst regions
Appalachians
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GH Possibly Extinct
Global rank last reviewed 1997.
Subnational ranks
- West Virginia
- SH Possibly Extirpated
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Other resources
References
- Bousquet, Y. 2012. Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. ZooKeys 245: 1–1. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
- Erwin, T.L. & House, G.N. 1978. A catalogue of the primary types of Carabidae (incl. Cicindelinae) in the collections of the United States National Museum of Natural History (USNM) (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin 32: 231–256. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3999875. details
- Harden, C.W., Davidson, R.L., Malabad, T.E., Caterino, M.S. & Maddison, D.R. 2024. Phylogenetic systematics of the enigmatic genus Horologion Valentine, 1932 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae, Horologionini), with description of a new species from Bath County, Virginia. Subterranean Biology 48: 1–49. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.48.114404
- Nicholas, G. 1960. Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States. The American Midland Naturalist 64: 123–160. doi:10.2307/2422897
- Sisco, J.M. & Sawicki, T.R. 2023. Molecular and morphological analyses reveal a new hypogean species of amphipod in the genus Crangonyx Bate, 1859 (Crustacea: Crangonyctidae) within the floridanus species complex, from Suwannee County, Florida. Journal of Natural History 57: 21–24. doi:10.1080/00222933.2023.2247155
- Valentine, J.M. 1932a. Horologion, a new genus of cave beetles. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 25: 1–11. doi:10.1093/aesa/25.1.1
This account was last revised 28 August 2026.
How to cite this account
Horologion speokites Valentine, 1932. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0651. https://cavebiology.org/species/horologion-speokites/ (accessed 18 October 2026).
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