Parisotoma notabilis (Schäffer, 1896)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Collembola |
| Order | Entomobryomorpha |
| Family | Isotomidae |
| Genus | Parisotoma |
| Species | Parisotoma notabilis (Schäffer, 1896) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 10 counties across seven states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Tennessee, Wisconsin
Counties
- Florida
- Alachua
- Iowa
- Jackson, Jones
- Illinois
- La Salle, LaSalle, Monroe
- Minnesota
- Wabasha
- Missouri
- Perry
- Tennessee
- Blount
- Wisconsin
- Richland
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- Canada
- NNR
Subnational ranks
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
- Ontario
- SU Unrankable
- Manitoba
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Yukon
- S4 Apparently Secure
- British Columbia
- SU Unrankable
- Alberta
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Northwest Territories
- SU Unrankable
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
Ranks looked up 2 July 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
References
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726. details
- Mays, J.D. 2002. A systematic approach to sampling the arthropod assemblage of Gregorys Cave, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA. 83 pp.
- Peck, S.B. 1970. The terrestrial arthropod fauna of Florida caves. The Florida Entomologist 53: 203–207. doi:10.2307/3493189
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.
How to cite this account
Parisotoma notabilis (Schäffer, 1896). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2779. https://cavebiology.org/species/parisotoma-notabilis/ (accessed 22 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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