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CAVE MILLIPEDS
1.) Nevadesmus ophimontis - caves in Nevada.Shear, W.A., S.J. Taylor, J.J Judson Wynne, and J.K. Krejca. 2009. Cave millipeds of the United States. VIII. New genera and species of polydesmidan millipeds from caves in the southwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae). Zootaxa 2151:47-65.2.) Idagona lehmanensis - caves in Nevada.Shear, W.A. 2007. Cave millipeds of the United States. V. The genus Idagona Buckett & Gardner (Chordeumatida, Conotylidae, Idagoninae). Zootaxa 1463:1-12.3.) Causeyella youngsteadtorum - caves in Arkansas.4.) Causyella causeyae - caves in Arkansas.Shear. W.A. 2003. The milliped family Trichopeltalidae, Part 1: Introduction and genera Trigenotyla Causey, Nannopetalum n. gen., and Causeyella n. gen. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida, Cleidogonoidea). Zootaxa 321:1-36.
CAVE CRUSTACEANS
5.) Bactrurus speleopolis - cave amphipod from caves in Arkansas.Holsinger, J.R., T.R. Sawicki, and G.O. Graening. 2006. Bactrurus speleopolis, a new species of subterranean amphipod crustacean (Crangonyctidae) from caves in northern Arkansas. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119:15-24.6.) Caecidotea mackini - cave isopod from a cave in Oklahoma.Lewis, J.J., G.O. Graening, D.B. Fenolio, and E.A. Bergey. 2006. Caecidotea mackini, new species, with a synopsis of the subterranean asellids of Oklahoma (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119:563-575.
CAVE SPRINGTAILS
7.) Pygmarrhopalites buffaloensis - cave in Arkansas.8.) Pygmarrhopalites youngsteadtii - cave in Arkansas.9.) Pygmarrhopalites leonardwoodensis - cave in Missouri.10.) Pygmarrhopalites plethorasari - caves in Missouri.11.) Pygmarrhopalites shoshoneiensis - cave in Nevada.Zeppelini, D., S.J. Taylor, and M.E. Slay. 2009. Cave Pygmarrhopalites Vargovitsh, 2009 (Collembola, Symphypleona, Arrhopalitidae) in United States. Zootaxa 2204:1-18.
CAVERNICOLOUS DIPTERA (FLIES)
12.) Conicera slayi - cave and mines in Arkansas, but also from a floodplain forest in Georgia.13.) Megaselia taylori - caves in Arkansas and Missouri.
Disney, R.H.L., S.J. Taylor, and M.E. Slay. 2010. Review of the scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) recorded from caves in the USA, with new records from Arkansas and Missouri. Subterranean Biology 7:75-96.
14.) Camptochaeta prolixa - caves in Nevada.Vilkamaa, P., H. Hippa, and S.J. Taylor. 2011. The genus Camptochaeta in Neartic caves, with the description of C. prolixa sp. n. (Diptera, Sciaridae). Zookeys 135:69-75.15.) Aenigmatias bakerae - cave in Nevada.16.) Megaselia excuniculus - mine in Nevada.17.) Megaselia folliculorum - cave and mine in Nevada.Disney, R.H.L., S.J. Taylor, M.E. Slay, and J.K. Krejca. 2011. New species of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) recorded from caves in Nevada, USA. Subterranean Biology 9:73-84.
CAVERNICOLOUS RHAGIDIID MITES
18.) Traegaardhia similis - caves in Arkansas and Missouri.Zacharda, M., D. Fong, H.H. Hobbs III, E. PIva, M.E. Slay, and S.J. Taylor. 2010. A review of the genus Traegaardhia (Acari, Prostigmata, Rhagidiidae) with descriptions of new species and a key to species. Zootaxa 2474:1-64.
CAVE SILVERFISH
19.) Speleonycta ozarkensis - caves in Arkansas and Oklahoma.Espinasa, L., S. Furst. T. Allen, and M.E. Slay. 2010. A new genus of the subfamily Cubacubaninae (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from caves in south-central and southwestern USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 27:161-168.
CAVE BEETLES
20.) Speleochus macosar - cave in Arkansas.
21.) Speleochus blanchardensis - cave in Arkansas.
Carlton, C.E. 2012. First records of troglobitic beetles from Arkansas: two new species of Speleochus Park (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Bythinini), and synonymy of Subterrochus Park with Speleochus. The Coleopterists Bulletin 66:177-186.
CAVERNICOLOUS SPIDER
22.) Tarsonops irataylori - cave in Belize.
Bond, J.E., and S.J. Taylor. 2013. A new species of Tarsonops (Araneae, Caponiidae) from southern Belize, with a key to the genera of the subfamily Nopinae. ZooKeys 289:57-64.