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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaColeopteraElmidaeMicrocylloepus

Microcylloepus pusillus (LeConte, 1852)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Elmidae
Genus Microcylloepus
Species Microcylloepus pusillus (LeConte, 1852)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygoxene
Realm
Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from three counties in Texas.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Texas

Counties

Texas
Bell, Comal, Hays

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

G1G2G3G4G5

National ranks

United States
NNR
Canada
NU

Subnational ranks

Idaho
SNR Unranked
Wisconsin
S3 Vulnerable
Ohio
SNR Unranked
Montana
SNR Unranked
Wyoming
SNR Unranked
Florida
SNR Unranked
British Columbia
SU Unrankable
Quebec
SNR Unranked
New Brunswick
SU Unrankable
Ontario
SU Unrankable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Gibson, R., Hutchins, B.T., Krejca, J.K., Diaz, P.H. & Sprouse, P.S. 2021. Stygobromus bakeri, a new species of groundwater amphipod (Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) associated with the Trinity and Edwards aquifers of central Texas, USA. Subterranean Biology 38: 19–45. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.38.61787
  • Külköylüoğlu, O. & Gibson, R. 2018. A new Ostracoda (Crustacea) genus, Comalcandona gen. nov., from Texas, USA. Turkish Journal of Zoology 42: 18–28. doi:10.3906/zoo-1611-52

How to cite this account

Microcylloepus pusillus (LeConte, 1852). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1836. https://cavebiology.org/species/microcylloepus-pusillus/ (accessed 6 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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