Spelobia semioculata (Richards, 1965)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Troglophile

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from seven counties across five states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Iowa, Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin

Counties

Iowa

Jackson, Linn

Illinois

Jo Daviess

Tennessee

Claiborne

Virginia

Lee

Wisconsin

Crawford, Pierce

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

National ranks

Canada

NNR

United States

NNR

Subnational ranks

Saskatchewan

SNR Unranked

Virginia

SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Peck, S.B. 1988. A review of the cave fauna of Canada, and the composition and ecology of the invertebrate fauna of caves and mines in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 1197–1213. doi:10.1139/z88-176
• Peck, S.B. & Christiansen, K. 1990. Evolution and zoogeography of the invertebrate cave faunas of the Driftless Area of the upper Mississippi River Valley of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 73–88. doi:10.1139/z90-012
• 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

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