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

Family Onychiuridae
Lubbock in Börner, 1913 · Onychiurid Springtails

Species in this portal
16
Ecological class
7 troglophiles, 7 troglobionts and 2 trogloxenes
Realm
Terrestrial
Continent
North America
Countries
Mexico, United States
States and provinces
12 states and provinces
Counties
20
Karst regions
Appalachians, Driftless Area, Interior Low Plateau, Other, Ozarks
Conservation
4 of 7 ranked G1 or G2

Genera

  • Deuteraphorura 1 in portal
  • Heteraphorura 1 in portal
  • Onychiurus 13 in portal
  • Thalassaphorura 1 in portal

Species in this portal

Species Common name Class Status States Karst regions
Deuteraphorura jana (Christiansen, K & Bellinger, P, 1980) Troglophile AL
Heteraphorura subtenuis (Folsom, 1917) Troglophile GNR IL
Onychiurus eous Christiansen & Bellinger, 1980 Troglophile IA
Onychiurus gelus Christiansen & Bonet, 1980 Troglobiont G2G3 IA, WA, WI Driftless Area, Other
Onychiurus janus Christiansen & Bellinger, 1980 Troglobiont G2G3 AL, VA, WV Appalachians
Onychiurus obesus Mills, 1934 Troglobiont G3G4 IA, MN, MO, WI Driftless Area, Ozarks
Onychiurus opus Christiansen & Bellinger, 1980 Troglophile IA
Onychiurus oregonensis Bonet, 1931 Troglobiont G1G2 OR Other
Onychiurus paro Christiansen & Bellinger, 1980 Troglobiont G1 AL Interior Low Plateau
Onychiurus parvicornis Mills, 1934 Troglophile IA
Onychiurus pipistrellae Soto-Adames & Taylor, 2013 Troglobiont IL Ozarks
Onychiurus pseudoarmatus Aitchison, CW, 1984 Trogloxene TN
Onychiurus pseudofimetarius Folsom, 1917 Troglophile TN
Onychiurus reluctus Christiansen, 1961 Troglobiont GNR IA, IL, Mexico, TN, WV Appalachians
Onychiurus similis Folsom, 1917 Troglophile IA
Thalassaphorura encarpata (Denis, 1931) Springtail Trogloxene IL

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
626H6
GBIF
2982
ITIS
99546
iNaturalist
171694
NCBI Taxonomy
48715

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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