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

Order Symphypleona
Börner, 1901 · Globular Springtails

Species in this portal
43
Ecological class
31 troglobionts, 8 trogloxenes and 4 troglophiles
Realm
Terrestrial
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
20 states and provinces
Counties
66
Karst regions
Appalachians, Driftless Area, Edwards Plateau and Balcones, Interior Low Plateau, Other, Ozarks
Conservation
11 of 29 ranked G1 or G2

Families

  • Arrhopalitidae 36 in portal
  • Dicyrtomidae 3 in portal
  • Katiannidae 1 in portal
  • Sminthurididae 3 in portal

Species in this portal

  • Arrhopalites benitus IA
  • Arrhopalites caecus IA, TN
  • Ptenothrix atra GNR IL, TN
  • Ptenothrix marmorata GNR TN
  • Ptenothrix quadrangularis TN
  • Pygmarrhopalites altus G2G3 KY
  • Pygmarrhopalites arcus GNR ID
  • Pygmarrhopalites ashcraftensis G1 IN
  • Pygmarrhopalites ater Black Medusa Cave Springtail G3 IL, IN
  • Pygmarrhopalites benitus G1 TN
  • Pygmarrhopalites bimus G3G4 IA, IN, KY, TN
  • Pygmarrhopalites buffaloensis AR
  • Pygmarrhopalites caedus G3 VA
  • Pygmarrhopalites carolynae Carolyn's Cave Springtail G4 IL, IN, VA, WV
  • Pygmarrhopalites clarus Clarus Cave Springtail G4 AR, MO, SD, VA, WA, WI, WV
  • Pygmarrhopalites commorus G2G3 VA, WV
  • Pygmarrhopalites dubius G2G3 AR, IA, MN
  • Pygmarrhopalites fransjanssens IL
  • Pygmarrhopalites hirtus GNR IA, IL, WI
  • Pygmarrhopalites hubbardi CO
  • Pygmarrhopalites incantator IL
  • Pygmarrhopalites jay G2G3 OK
  • Pygmarrhopalites lacuna G1G2 VA
  • Pygmarrhopalites leonardwoodensis MO
  • Pygmarrhopalites lewisi Lewis' Cave Springtail GNR IL, IN
  • Pygmarrhopalites madonnensis Madonna Cave Springtail GNR IL
  • Pygmarrhopalites marshalli G3 TN, VA
  • Pygmarrhopalites obtusus G1 VA
  • Pygmarrhopalites pavo G3 IN, MO, TN, VA, WV
  • Pygmarrhopalites plethorasari MO
  • Pygmarrhopalites pygmaeus GNR AL, AR, GA, IA, IL, KY, MO, TN, VA
  • Pygmarrhopalites sacer G2 VA, WV
  • Pygmarrhopalites salemensis IL
  • Pygmarrhopalites sapo IL
  • Pygmarrhopalites sextus G1 VA
  • Pygmarrhopalites shoshoneiensis NV
  • Pygmarrhopalites silvus G2 VA
  • Pygmarrhopalites texensis G3G4 TX
  • Pygmarrhopalites youngsteadtii AR
  • Sminthurides lepus GNR TN
  • Sminthurides malmgreni IL
  • Sminthurinus henshawi GNR IL
  • Sphaeridia serrata GNR IL

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Other resources

Catalogue of Life
46N
GBIF
10730025
ITIS
100257
iNaturalist
152965
NCBI Taxonomy
79705

Cave Biology Data Portal

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