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Pseudanophthalmus parvus Krekeler, 1973

Tatum Cave beetle

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 1965

 

Distribution

Marion County, Kentucky, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Krekeler, C. H. (1973). Cave beetles of the genus Pseudanophthalmus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from the Kentucky bluegrass and vicinity. Fieldiana (Zoology) 62(4): 25-83.

 

Other references:

Barr, T.C., Jr. (1994). Kentucky cave beetles: a progress report. Submitted to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.

Barr, T. C., Jr. (2004). A classification and checklist of the genus Pseudanophthalmus Jeannel: (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). Special Publication of the Virginia Museum of Natural History No. 11. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA. 52 pp.

Elliott, William R. (1998). Conservation of the North American cave and karst biota. Elsevier Science Subterranean Biota (Ecosystems of the World Series).

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/beetles-protected-extinct/

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2016/stephans-riffle-and-tatum-cave-beetles-10-05-2016.html

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/21578/pseudanophthalmus-parvus

https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.109249/Pseudanophthalmus_parvus

 

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