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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaColeopteraCarabidaePseudanophthalmus

Pseudanophthalmus pilosus Barr, 1985

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Carabidae
Genus Pseudanophthalmus
Species Pseudanophthalmus pilosus Barr, 1985

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Bland Cave, Hardin Co. KY

Range

Known from two counties in Kentucky in the Interior Low Plateau karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Kentucky

Counties

Kentucky
Hardin, Hart

Karst regions

Interior Low Plateau

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G2G3 Imperiled to Vulnerable

G1G2▲G3▲G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 14 May 2009.

Subnational ranks

Kentucky
S2S3 Imperiled to 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
4NKHM
GBIF
8173396
ITIS
932018
iNaturalist
229019
NCBI Taxonomy
2993046

References

  • Barr, T.C., Jr. 1985b. New trechine beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the Appalachian region. Brimleyana 11: 119–132.
  • 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
  • Harker, D.F., Jr. & Barr, T.C., Jr. 1980. Caves and associated fauna of the Western Kentucky coal field, Volume 2. Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfurt, Kentucky, USA. 114 pp.

This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.

How to cite this account

Pseudanophthalmus pilosus Barr, 1985. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0754. https://cavebiology.org/species/pseudanophthalmus-pilosus/ (accessed 18 October 2026).
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