Pseudanophthalmus grandis Valentine, 1931

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Troglobiont

Realm

Terrestrial

Troglomorphy

Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Higginbothams Cave, Greenbrier Co. WV

Range

Known from two counties in West Virginia in the Appalachians karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

West Virginia

Counties

West Virginia

Greenbrier, Monroe

Karst regions

Appalachians

Specimens

Type material

Holotype

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Holotype

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Paratype ×2

Field Museum of Natural History

Collections holding material

9 cataloged lots in 5 collections. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.

Download all 9 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G4 Apparently Secure

Global rank last reviewed 20 May 2009.

Subnational ranks

West Virginia

S3 Vulnerable

Ranks looked up 23 August 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.

Other resources

Catalogue of Life

4NKFW

GBIF

7894906

ITIS

931782

iNaturalist

228970

NCBI Taxonomy

2992995

References

• Barr, T.C., Jr. 2004. A classification and checklist of the genus Pseudanophthalmus Jeannel (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Special Publication 11. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Virginia, USA. 52 pp.
• Benito, J.B., Ober, K.A., Philips, T.K., Orndorff, W. & Niemiller, M.L. 2025. Phylogenomics and biogeography of North American trechine cave beetles (Coleoptera:Carabidae) inferred from ultraconserved elements. Evolution 79: 1622–1642. doi:10.1093/evolut/qpaf103
• Bousquet, Y. 2012. Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. ZooKeys 245: 1–1. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
• Cooper, J.E. 1965c. Another cave record for the Ravine Salamander. The Baltimore Grotto News 8: 202.
• 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
• Valentine, J.M. 1931. New cavernicole Carabidae of the subfamily Trechinae Jeannel. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 46: 247–258.
• Valentine, J.M. 1932b. A classification of the genus Pseudanophthalmus Jeannel (Fam. Carabidae) with descriptions of new species and notes on distribution. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 47: 261–280. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24332003. details

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