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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaCollembolaEntomobryomorphaEntomobryidaePseudosinella

Pseudosinella erehwon Christiansen & Bellinger, 1996

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Collembola
Order Entomobryomorpha
Family Entomobryidae
Genus Pseudosinella
Species Pseudosinella erehwon Christiansen & Bellinger, 1996

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Canyon to Nowhere Cave, Scott Co. VA

Range

Known from one county in Virginia in the Appalachians karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Virginia

Counties

Virginia
Scott

Karst regions

Appalachians

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
35664 · Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
Paratype
744672 · Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 2

2 cataloged lots in 1 collection. 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 2 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G2 Imperiled

G1G2▲G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 25 February 2013.

Subnational ranks

Virginia
S2 Imperiled

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
4PB7W
GBIF
10681358
iNaturalist
229155

References

  • Christiansen, K. & Bellinger, P. 1996a. Cave Pseudosinella and Oncopodura new to science. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 58: 38–53. https://legacy.caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/V58/V58N1-Christiansen.pdf. details

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

How to cite this account

Pseudosinella erehwon Christiansen & Bellinger, 1996. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0390. https://cavebiology.org/species/pseudosinella-erehwon/ (accessed 18 October 2026).
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