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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe

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Cave Biology Data Portal
Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsecta

Order Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810 · True Bugs

Species in this portal
5
Ecological class
3 trogloxenes and 2 troglobionts
Realm
Terrestrial
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Hawaii and Illinois
Counties
1
Karst regions
Hawaii
Conservation
2 of 3 ranked G1 or G2

Families

  • Mesoveliidae 1 in portal
  • Reduviidae 4 in portal

Species in this portal

Species Common name Class Status States Karst regions
Cavaticovelia aaa (Gagne & Howarth, 1975) Troglobiont G1G2 NE HI Hawaii
Cavernicola pilosa Barber, 1937 Barbeiro Trogloxene
Melanolestes picipes (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848) Black Corsair Trogloxene GNR IL
Nesidiolestes ana Gagne & Howarth, 1974 Ana Wingless Thread Bug Troglobiont G1G2 NE HI Hawaii
Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille, 1811) Barbeiro Trogloxene

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
BXWCX
ITIS
103358
iNaturalist
61267
NCBI Taxonomy
33345

Cave Biology Data Portal

Species accounts, distributions, and conservation status for the subterranean fauna of North America and around the globe, with resources for the cave and karst research community.

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