Onychiurus eous Christiansen & Bellinger, 1980

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Hexapoda
Class	Collembola
Order	Poduromorpha
Family	Onychiuridae
Genus	Onychiurus
Species	Onychiurus eous Christiansen & Bellinger, 1980

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class: Troglophile
Realm: Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Iowa.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Iowa

Counties

Iowa: Dubuque

Conservation and management

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

References

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

This account was last revised 6 September 2026.

How to cite this account

Onychiurus eous Christiansen & Bellinger, 1980. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1867. https://cavebiology.org/species/onychiurus-eous/ (accessed 22 October 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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