Ptomaphagus cavernicola Schwarz

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Type for Ptomaphagus cavernicola Schwarz, 1897
Catalog Number: USNM
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology
Sex/Stage: ; Adult
Preparation: Pinned
Collector(s): C. Merriam
Locality: Marble Cave; stone Co.; Mo, Stone, Missouri, United States

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National NatureServe Conservation Status:
United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

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NatureServe Conservation Status:

Rounded Global Status Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure

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Comments: Sometimes recognized in the family Leptodiridae.

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occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

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National Distribution:
United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

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Global Range: Known from 96 caves in Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Alabama, Georgia and Florida (Dave Almquist pers. comm., 2007).

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Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith