Sinella cavernarum (Packard, 1888)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Collembola |
| Order | Entomobryomorpha |
| Family | Entomobryidae |
| Genus | Sinella |
| Species | Sinella cavernarum (Packard, 1888) |
Synonyms
- Entomobrya lucifuga Folsom, JW, 1902 (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Degeeria cavernarum Packard, 1888 (prior combination, CoL)
- Sinella cavernarum Gisin, 1944 (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Sinella lucifuga Folsom, 1902 (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Entomobrya cavernarum Bonet, 1931 Parasinella, 1931 (prior combination, CoL)
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglobiont
- Realm
- Terrestrial
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Wyandotte Cave, Crawford Co. IN
Range
Known from 33 counties across 11 states across three karst regions.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington
Counties
- Illinois
- Hardin, Johnson, Saline
- Indiana
- Crawford, Harrison, Lawrence, Monroe, Monroe?
- Kentucky
- Barren, Breckinridge, Carter, Christian, Crittenden, Edmonson, Hardin, Hart, Henry, Jackson, Jessamine, Livingston, Warren, Woodford
- Louisiana
- Madison
- Tennessee
- Dickson, Fentress, Hardin, Montgomery, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Stewart, Van Buren
- Washington
- Yakima
Karst regions
Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau, Ozarks
Specimens
Type material
- Type
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| Illinois Natural History Survey | 7 |
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | 2 |
| Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard | 1 |
| Natural History Museum, London | 1 |
11 cataloged lots in 4 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 11 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.
Subnational ranks
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- S3 Vulnerable
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S3 Vulnerable
- Virginia
- SNR Unranked
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
References
- Banta, A.M. 1907. The fauna of Mayfield's Cave. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 67: 1–114. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60987. details
- Barr, T.C., Jr. & Kuehne, R.A. 1971. Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave system of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem. Annales de Speleologie 26: 47–96. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.10
- Christiansen, K. 1960c. The genus Sinella Brook (Collembola: Entomobryidae) in Nearctic caves. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 53: 481–491. doi:10.1093/aesa/53.4.481
- Harker, D.F., Jr. & Barr, T.C., Jr. 1979. Caves and associated fauna of Eastern Kentucky, Volume 3. Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfurt, Kentucky, USA. 130 pp.
- Harker, D.F., Jr. & Barr, T.C., Jr. 1980. Caves and associated fauna of the Western Kentucky coal field, Volume 2. Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfurt, Kentucky, USA. 114 pp.
- Lewis, J.J. 2005a. 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. 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.
- Nicholas, G. 1960. Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States. The American Midland Naturalist 64: 123–160. doi:10.2307/2422897
- Niemiller, M.L. & Zigler, K.S. 2013. Patterns of cave biodiversity and endemism in the Appalachians and Interior Plateau of Tennessee, USA. PLOS One 8: e64177. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064177
- 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.
- Salmon, J.T. 1964. An index to the Collembola Vol. 2. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 7: 145–644. https://bugz.ento.org.nz/pdf/007224be-6faf-4d3e-9915–1a8d79d5269d.pdf. details
- 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.
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
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