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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaCollembolaSymphypleonaArrhopalitidaePygmarrhopalites

Pygmarrhopalites dubius (Christiansen, 1966)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Collembola
Order Symphypleona
Family Arrhopalitidae
Genus Pygmarrhopalites
Species Pygmarrhopalites dubius (Christiansen, 1966)

Synonyms

  • Arrhopalites dubias Miranda Rangel & Palacios-Vargas, 1992 (subjective synonym, CoL)
  • Arrhopalites dubius Christiansen, 1966 (prior combination, GBIF)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Range

Known from two counties across three states across two karst regions.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota

Counties

Arkansas
Marion
Iowa
Jackson

Karst regions

Driftless Area, Ozarks

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
32632 · Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Illinois Natural History Survey 1
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 1
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 1

3 cataloged lots in 3 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 3 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G2G3 Imperiled to Vulnerable

G1G2▲G3▲G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.

Subnational ranks

Arkansas
SNR Unranked
Iowa
SNR Unranked
Minnesota
SNR Unranked

Ranks looked up 3 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
4QNYJ
GBIF
8675831
iNaturalist
861520

This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 3 August 2026.

How to cite this account

Pygmarrhopalites dubius (Christiansen, 1966). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0460. https://cavebiology.org/species/pygmarrhopalites-dubius/ (accessed 19 October 2026).
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