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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaDipteraHeleomyzidaePseudoleria

Pseudoleria parvitarsus Garrett, 1925

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Diptera
Family Heleomyzidae
Genus Pseudoleria
Species Pseudoleria parvitarsus Garrett, 1925

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglophile
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in New Mexico.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

New Mexico

Counties

New Mexico
Eddy

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

G1G2G3G4G5

National ranks

Canada
NU
United States
NNR

Subnational ranks

Saskatchewan
SU Unrankable
Alberta
SU Unrankable
Montana
SNR Unranked
Wyoming
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Barr, T.C. & Reddell, J.R. 1967. The arthropod cave fauna of the Carlsbad Caverns region, New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 12: 253–273.

How to cite this account

Pseudoleria parvitarsus Garrett, 1925. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2871. https://cavebiology.org/species/pseudoleria-parvitarsus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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