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Reddell, J.R. (1970). A Checklist of the Cave Fauna of Texas. V. Additional Records of Insecta. The Texas journal of science 22(1): 47-65.

ABSTRACT

Seventy-three species of insect are reported for the first time from caves in Texas; new records and bibliographic citations are included for 93 species previously reported from Texas caves. Unpublished records are included for the following groups: Collembola, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Odonata, Blattidae, Gryllacrididae, Psocoptera, Dermaptera, Lepidoptera, Formicidae, Siphonaptera, Diptera, and Coleoptera. Of special significance are new records for species of the carabid genus Rhadine.

INTRODUCTION

This report is the 2nd of 3 intended to supplement the comprehensive checklist of the cave fauna of Texas previously published (Reddell, 1965; 1966; 1967a). The first part, covering the non-insect invertebrates, has already been published (Reddell, 1969), Included in this supplementary report are all insect species newly found in Texas caves, new records and bibliographic citations for species reported in the checklist, corrections and nomenclatural changes, and the names of newly described species. As in the previous checklist comments on habitat and nomenclature are included where appropriate.
This supplement increases the total number of insects known from Texas caves from 208 to 301 [emphasis added]. Many of the species newly reported are the result of studies of collections of collembolans, flies, hemipterans, and beetles. Still unexamined, however, are large series of flies and beetles.

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