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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaCollembolaSymphypleonaArrhopalitidaePygmarrhopalites

Pygmarrhopalites jay Christiansen & Bonet, 1996

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Collembola
Order Symphypleona
Family Arrhopalitidae
Genus Pygmarrhopalites
Species Pygmarrhopalites jay Christiansen & Bonet, 1996

Synonyms

  • Arrhopalites jax Zeppelini Filho, D, 1996 (subjective synonym, CoL)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Range

Known from two counties in Oklahoma in the Ozarks karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Oklahoma

Counties

Oklahoma
Cherokee, Delaware

Karst regions

Ozarks

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G2G3 Imperiled to Vulnerable

G1G2▲G3▲G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.

Subnational ranks

Oklahoma
S1 Critically 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
4QNZ5
GBIF
10700924
iNaturalist
861533

References

  • Christiansen, K. & Bellinger, P. 1996b. Cave Arrhopalites: new to science. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 58: 168–180. https://www.caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/V58/V58N3-Christiansen.pdf. details

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

How to cite this account

Pygmarrhopalites jay Christiansen & Bonet, 1996. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0464. https://cavebiology.org/species/pygmarrhopalites-jay/ (accessed 18 October 2026).
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