Distribution and Conservation of Cave Biodiversity in the Valley and Ridge

Invertebrates

Phylum Platyhelminthes
  Class Turbellaria
    Order Tricladida
      Family Planariidae
        1. Phagocata sp. An Unidentified Flatworm
      Family Kenkiidae
        2. Sphalloplana sp. Unidentified Cave Flatworm

Phylum Arthropoda
 Subphylum Crustacea
  Class Malacostraca
    Order Amphipoda
      Family Crangonyctidae
        3. Crangonyx antennatus Appalachian Valley Crangonyctid
        4. Stygobromus mackini Southwestern Virginia Cave Amphipod
    Order Decapoda
      Family Cambaridae
        5. Cambarus bartonii cavatus Appalachian Brook Crayfish
    Order Isopoda
      Family Asellidae
        6. Caecidotea incurva Incurved Cave Isopod
      Family Trichoniscidae
        7. Amerigoniscus sp. An Unidenified Terrestrial Cave Isopod

 Subphylum Chelicerata
  Class Arachnida
    Order Araneae
      Family Linyphiidae
        8. Phanetta subterranea Subterranean Sheet-Web Spider
        9. Porrhomma cavernicola Appalachian Cave Spider
      Family Nesticidae
        10. Nesticus barrowsi Tuckaleechee Cave Cobweb Spider
        11. Nesticus tennesseensis Tennessee Cave Cobweb Spider
    Order Opiliones
      Family Phalangodidae
        12. Bishopella laciniosa Bishop's Harvestman
    Order Pseudoscorpiones
      Family Chernetidae
        13. Hesperochernes mirabilis Southeastern Cave Pseudoscorpion
      Family Chthoniidae
        14. Tyrannochthonius n. sp. An Undescribed Cave Pseudoscorpion

 Subphylum Myriapoda
  Class Diplopoda
    Order Chordeumatida
      Family Cleidogonidae
        15. Pseudotremia sp.
      Family Trichopetalidae
        16. Scoterpes blountensis A Cave Milliped
        17. Scoterpes copei Cope's Cave Milliped
        18. Scoterpes sp. An Unidentified Cave Milliped
    Order Spirostreptida
      Family Cambalidae
        19. Cambala minor A Cave Milliped

 Subphylum Hexapoda
  Class Entognatha
    Order Collembola
    Order Diplura
      Family Campodeidae
        20. Litocampa cookei A Cave Dipluran
        21. Litocampa sp. An Unidentified Cave Dipluran

  Class Insecta
    Order Coleoptera
      Family Carabidae
        22. Pseudanophthalmus tennesseensis East Tennessee Cave Beetle
        23. Pseudanophthalmus sp. An Unidentified Cave Beetle
    Order Diptera
      Family Heleomyzidae
        24. Aecothea specus A Cave Heleomyzid Fly
        25. Amoebaleria defessa A Cave Heleomyzid Fly
    Order Lepidoptera
      Family Erebidae
        26. Scoliopteryx libatrix Herald Moth
    Order Orthoptera
      Family Gryllacrididae
        27. Ceuthophilus sp. An Unidentified Cave Cricket

Vertebrates

Phylum Chordata
  Class Actinopterygii
    Order Cypriniformes
      Family Cyprinidae
        1. Nocomis micropogon River Chub
        2. Notropis sp. An Unidentified Shiner
    Order Perciformes
      Family Centrarchidae
        3. Lepomis cyanellus Green Sunfish
        4. Lepomis macrochirus Bluegill
    Order Scorpaeniformes
      Family Cottidae
        5. Cottus carolinae Banded Sculpin

  Class Amphibia
    Order Anura
      Family Ranidae
        6. Lithobates catesbeianus American Bullfrog
        7. Lithobates clamitans melanota Northern Green Frog
        8. Lithobates palustris Pickerel Frog
    Order Caudata
      Family Plethodontidae
        9. Eurycea cirrigera Southern Two-Lined Salamander
        10. Eurycea longicauda Long-Tailed Salamander
        11. Eurycea lucifuga Cave Salamander
        12. Eurycea wilderae Blue Ridge Two-Lined Salamander
        13. Gyrinophilus gulolineatus Berry Cave Salamander
        14. Gyrinophilus porphyriticus Spring Salamander
        15. Plethodon dorsalis Northern Zigzag Salamander
        16. Plethodon glutinosus Northern Slimy Salamander

  Class Reptilia
    Order Testudines
      Family Emydidae
        17. Terrapene carolina carolina Eastern Box Turtle

  Class Aves
    Order Passeriformes
      Family Tyrannidae
        18. Sayornis phoebe Eastern Phoebe

  Class Mammalia
    Order Carnivora
      Family Canidae
        19. Canis latrans Coyote
      Family Procyonidae
        20. Procyon lotor Raccoon
    Order Chiroptera
      Family Vespertilionidae
        21. Eptesicus fuscus Big Brown Bat
        22. Myotis grisescens Gray Bat
        23. Myotis lucifugus Little Brown Bat
        24. Perimyotis subflavus Tri-Colored Bat
    Order Rodentia
      Family Castoridae
        25. Castor canadensis American Beaver
      Family Cricetidae
        26. Neotoma magister Allegheny Woodrat
        27. Peromyscus leucopus White-Footed Mouse
    Order Soricomorpha
      Family Soricidae
        28. Blarina brevicauda Northern Short-Tailed Shrew