Invertebrate Cave Fauna 
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■ Foveacheles paralleloseta 
♦ Poecilophysis weyerensis 
□ P extraneostella 
▼ Rhagidia varia 
• Robustocheles hilli 
WEST VIRGINIA 
KENTUCKY 
VIRGINIA 
Fig. 16. Distribution of cavernicolous mites ( Foveacheles , Poecilophysis , 
Rhagidia , and Robustocheles) in the study area. Two symbols in a circle 
indicate two species from the same cave. 
50 km 
50 miles 
Order Acariformes 
Family Rhagidiidae 
Foveacheles paralleloseta Zacharda (TB?) 
Virginia. — Wythe Co.: Sam Six Cave. 
Poecilophysis extraneostella Zacharda (TP) 
Virginia. — Lee Co.: Bowling Cave. 
Comments. — Also recorded from Steeles Cave, Monroe County, 
W.Va. 
Poecilophysis weyerensis (Packard) (TP) 
Tennessee. — Hawkins Co.: Sensabaugh Saltpetre Cave. 
Virginia. — Augusta Co.: Grand Caverns (type locality). Rockbridge 
Co.: Buck Hill Cave. 
Rhagidia varia Zacharda (TB?) 
Virginia. — Bath Co.: Butler-Sinking Creek Cave. Pulaski Co.: Sam 
Bells Cave. Scott Co.: Hill Cave. 
Comments. — Also recorded from single caves in Greenbrier and 
Pocahontas counties, W.Va. 
Robustocheles hilli (Strandtmann) (TP) 
Tennessee. — Hawkins Co.: Pearson Cave. 
