Oklahoma
85 species recorded, 37 of them obligate subterranean
85
species
37
obligate subterranean
15
ranked G1 or G2
4
federally listed
16
known from here only
34
counties with a record
16 of these have been recorded nowhere else, which is usual for subterranean fauna: a species is often known from a single locality.
By county
79 of 85 species carry a county. The remaining 6 are recorded to the state only.
- ADAIR 1 species
- Adair 31 species
- Adair Co 1 species
- CHEROKEE 1 species
- Caddo 3 species
- Cherokee 13 species
- Cherokee - Mayes 1 species
- Choctaw 1 species
- Comanche 1 species
- DELAWARE 1 species
- DELEWARE 1 species
- Delaware 56 species
- Delaware - Mayes 1 species
- Delaware Co 1 species
- Johnston 2 species
- Kiowa 3 species
- LaFlore 1 species
- Latimer 1 species
- LeFlore 1 species
- MAYES 1 species
- Major 1 species
- Mayes 8 species
- Murray 10 species
- OTTAWA 1 species
- Okfuskee 1 species
- Ottawa 6 species
- Ottawa Co 1 species
- Pontohoc 1 species
- Pontotoc 4 species
- Rogers 2 species
- Sequoyah 8 species
- Texas 1 species
- Tulsa 2 species
- Woodward 2 species
County is the finest resolution published. Coordinates are withheld as a matter of policy, not because they are missing.
What is here
- Isopoda
- 17 species
- Amphipoda
- 10 species
- Coleoptera
- 5 species
- Chiroptera
- 5 species
- Araneae
- 5 species
- Caudata
- 5 species
- Anura
- 4 species
- Decapoda
- 4 species
- Carnivora
- 4 species
- Ixodida
- 2 species
- Hemiptera
- 2 species
- Diptera
- 2 species
and 19 smaller groups.
How they use caves
- Stygobiont
- 24 species
- Trogloxene
- 19 species
- Troglophile
- 17 species
- Troglobiont
- 13 species
- Stygophile
- 6 species
- Accidental
- 3 species
- Stygoxene
- 3 species
What material exists
- Museum material
- 30 of 85 species
- Published sequences
- 7 of 85 species
Species
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| Species | Common name | Group | Class | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acris blanchardi | Blanchard's Cricket Frog | Anura | Accidental | G5 |
| Alectorobius concanensis | Ixodida | Trogloxene | ||
| Allocrangonyx pellucidus | Oklahoma Cave Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G2G3 |
| Amerigoniscus centralis | Isopoda | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Aquarius conformis | Hemiptera | Stygoxene | GNR | |
| Aquarius remigis | North American Common Water Strider | Hemiptera | Stygoxene | GNR |
| Armadillidium nasatum | Nosy Pill Woodlouse | Isopoda | Troglophile | GNR |
| Atheta troglophila | Coleoptera | Troglophile | G4 | |
| Bactrurus hubrichti | Kansas Well Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G4 |
| Bembidion texanum | Simple Riverbank Ground Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglophile | GNR |
| Caecidotea acuticarpa | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G2G3 | |
| Caecidotea adenta | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G1G2 | |
| Caecidotea ancyla | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G3G4 | |
| Caecidotea antricola | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G5 | |
| Caecidotea mackini | Isopoda | Stygobiont | GNR | |
| Caecidotea macropropoda | Bat Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G3 |
| Caecidotea simulator | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G2G3 | |
| Caecidotea steevesi | Steeves' Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G3G4 |
| Caecidotea stiladactyla | Slender-fingered Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G3G4 |
| Caecidotea tridentata | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G1G2 | |
| Cambala minor | Amber Ridged Millipede | Spirostreptida | Troglophile | G5 |
| Cambarus setosus | Bristly Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G3 |
| Cambarus subterraneus | Delaware County Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G1 |
| Cambarus tartarus | Oklahoma Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G1 |
| Canis latrans | Coyote | Carnivora | Accidental | G5 |
| Corynorhinus townsendii | Pacific Townsend's Big-Eared Bat | Chiroptera | Trogloxene | G4 |
| Cottus carolinae | Banded Sculpin | Scorpaeniformes | Stygophile | G5 |
| Crangonyx forbesi | Forbes Crangonyctid | Amphipoda | Stygophile | G5 |
| Dendrocoelopsis americana | Tricladida | Stygobiont | G3 | |
| Diacyclops yeatmani | Yeatman's Groundwater Copepod | Cyclopoida | Stygobiont | G2G3 |
| Didelphis virginiana | Virginia Opossum | Didelphimorphia | Trogloxene | G5 |
| Dolomedes tenebrosus | Dark Fishing Spider | Araneae | Trogloxene | G5 |
| Eidmannella pallida | Pallid Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglophile | GNR |
| Eptesicus fuscus | Big Brown Bat | Chiroptera | Trogloxene | G5 |
| Eurycea lucifuga | Cave Salamander | Caudata | Troglophile | G5 |
| Eurycea melanopleura | Dark-Sided Salamander | Caudata | Troglophile | |
| Eurycea spelaea | Western Grotto Salamander | Caudata | Troglobiont | G4 |
| Faxonius neglectus | Ringed Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygophile | G5 |
| Gammarus minus | Amphipoda | Stygophile | GNR | |
| Hesperochernes occidentalis | Guano Pseudoscorpion | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Islandiana unicornis | Araneae | Troglobiont | G2G3 | |
| Ixodes scapularis | Black Legged Tick | Ixodida | Trogloxene | GNR |
| Lirceus garmani | Isopoda | Stygophile | GNR | |
| Lirceus hoppinae | Blunt-Toothed Springslater | Isopoda | Stygophile | GNR |
| Lithobates clamitans | Green Frog | Anura | Trogloxene | |
| Lithobates palustris | Pickerel Frog | Anura | Trogloxene | G5 |
| Lontra canadensis | Common Otter | Carnivora | Stygoxene | G5 |
| Macrocera nobilis | Diptera | Troglophile | GNR | |
| Megascops asio | Eastern Screech Owl | Strigiformes | Trogloxene | G5 |
| Mephitis mephitis | Striped Skunk | Carnivora | Trogloxene | G5 |
| Meta ovalis | Cave Orb Weaver | Araneae | Troglophile | G5 |
| Miktoniscus oklahomensis | Racovitza's Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Miktoniscus racovitzai | Racovitza's Terrestrial Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Troglobiont | G3G4 |
| Myotis grisescens | Gray Bat | Chiroptera | Trogloxene | G3 ESA |
| Myotis septentrionalis | Northern Long-eared Bat | Chiroptera | Trogloxene | G2 ESA |
| Neotoma floridana | Eastern Woodrat | Rodentia | Trogloxene | G5 ESA |
| Oxidus gracilis | Greenhouse Millipede | Polydesmida | Troglophile | G5 |
| Perimyotis subflavus | Tricolored Bat | Chiroptera | Trogloxene | G3 |
| Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | American Cliff Swallow | Passeriformes | Trogloxene | G5 |
| Plethodon albagula | Western Slimy Salamander | Caudata | Troglophile | G5 |
| Plethodon angusticlavius | Ozark Salamander | Caudata | Troglophile | G4 |
| Porrhomma cavernicola | Appalachian Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Procyon lotor | Common Raccoon | Carnivora | Trogloxene | G5 |
| Pseudacris crucifer | Spring Peeper | Anura | Accidental | G5 |
| Pseudosinella dubia | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G3 | |
| Psyllipsocus ramburii | Cave Barklouse | Psocodea | Troglophile | GNR |
| Ptomaphagus cavernicola | Coleoptera | Troglophile | G4 | |
| Ptomaphagus shapardi | Coleoptera | Troglophile | ||
| Pygmarrhopalites jay | Symphypleona | Troglobiont | G2G3 | |
| Quedius alesi | Coleoptera | Troglophile | ||
| Sayornis phoebe | Eastern Phoebe | Passeriformes | Trogloxene | G5 |
| Scoliopteryx libatrix | Herald Moth | Lepidoptera | Trogloxene | G5 |
| Speleonycta ozarkensis | Ozark Cave Bristletail | Zygentoma | Troglobiont | |
| Spelobia tenebrarum | Cave dung fly | Diptera | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Stygobromus alabamensis | Alabama cave amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Stygobromus arbucklensis | Arbuckle Mountains Cave Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | GNR |
| Stygobromus bowmani | Bowman's Cave Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G1G2 |
| Stygobromus clantoni | Clanton's Cave Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G4 |
| Stygobromus onondagaensis | Onondaga Cave Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G3 |
| Stygobromus ozarkensis | Ozark Cave Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G4 |
| Tachycines asynamorus | Greenhouse Camel Cricket | Orthoptera | Trogloxene | GNR |
| Traegaardhia holsingeri | Actinedida | Troglobiont | ||
| Trichoniscus pusillus | Common Pygmy Woodlouse | Isopoda | Troglophile | |
| Trigenotyla blacki | Black's cave millipede | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Troglichthys rosae | Ozark cavefish | Percopsiformes | Stygobiont | G3 ESA |
About this list
Compiled from published records, museum material, and survey reports, and recorded to 34 counties. Coordinates are never published; distribution is published generalized to county and karst region. See the Data Sensitivity Policy.
Absence from this list does not mean absence from the ground. Most caves have never been surveyed, and subterranean fauna is consistently under-recorded. If you know of a species here that is missing, please tell us.