Quedius erythrogaster Mannerheim, 1852

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Troglophile

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from 30 counties across five states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia

Counties

Alabama

Blount, Colbert, Jackson, Madison, Marshall

Georgia

Dade, Walker

Illinois

Adams, Calhoun, Hardin, Jersey, Johnson, Monroe, Pike

Tennessee

Clay, Cumberland, Fentress, Franklin, Grundy, Jackson, Marion, Montgomery, Overton, Pickett, Rhea, Rutherford, Sequatchie, Van Buren, White

Virginia

Lee

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

National ranks

United States

NNR

Canada

N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Illinois

SNR Unranked

Alabama

S3 Vulnerable

New Brunswick

S5 Secure

Quebec

SNR Unranked

Ontario

SU Unrankable

Alberta

S3 Vulnerable

Nova Scotia

SNR Unranked

British Columbia

SU Unrankable

Saskatchewan

SU Unrankable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Lewis, J.J. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
• Lewis, J.J. & Lewis, S.L. 2005. Inventory of the subterranean fauna of Tims Ford State Park, Franklin County, Tennessee. Tennesee Natural Heritage Program, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 28 pp.
• Lewis, J.J. & Lewis, S.L. 2007. A biological reconnaissance of selected caves in the Highland Rim area of central Tennessee. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 42 pp.
• Lewis, J.J., Whitaker, J.O. & Krantz, G.W. 2010. A biological reconnaissance of the invertebrate fauna of twelve Tennessee caves with notes on the guanophilic mites of the genus Macrocheles. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85: 53–61.
• Peck, S.B. & Lewis, J.J. 1978. Zoogeography and evolution of the subterranean invertebrate faunas of Illinois and southeastern Missouri. National Speleological Society Bulletin 40: 39–63.
• Peck, S.B. 1995. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part II: The insects. National Speleological Society Bulletin 57: 1–19.
• Trumbore, L.E., Reynolds, R.J., Thomas, S.C., Orndorff, W., Cramphorn, B., Gladstone, N.S., Harden, C.W., Lewis, J.J., Milne, M.A., Ober, K.A., Shear, W.A., Stephen, C.D.R. & Zigler, K.S. 2024. Cave biodiversity of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 86: 13–24. doi:10.4311/2022LSC0116
• Webb, D.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 1993. The biological resources of Illinois caves and other subterranean environments. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 143 pp.
• Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125

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