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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaCollembolaSymphypleonaArrhopalitidaePygmarrhopalites

Pygmarrhopalites arcus (Zeppelini & Christiansen, 2003)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Collembola
Order Symphypleona
Family Arrhopalitidae
Genus Pygmarrhopalites
Species Pygmarrhopalites arcus (Zeppelini & Christiansen, 2003)

Synonyms

Pygmarrhopalites arca Zeppelini, D, Taylor, SJ & Slay, ME, 2009
Arrhopalites arca Zeppelini, D & Christiansen, K, 2003

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Range

Known from Idaho in the Other karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Idaho

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Other

Specimens

Type material

Paratype ×4
Illinois Natural History Survey

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Illinois Natural History Survey 4
Universidade Estadual da Paraiba 1

5 cataloged lots in 2 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 5 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

G1G2G3G4G5

Subnational ranks

Idaho
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
4QNXN
GBIF
10857452
iNaturalist
1616384

How to cite this account

Pygmarrhopalites arcus (Zeppelini & Christiansen, 2003). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0451. https://cavebiology.org/species/pygmarrhopalites-arcus/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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