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Table 20 (continued). Empire Cave, Santa Cruz County, Bay Area/Delta Region, species list (76 species). 
Phylum/Class 
Order 
Family 
Species 
Ecological 
classification 
SE 
Carabidae 
Trechus ovipennis califomicus 
Trogloxene? 
Carabidae 
Trechus sp. 
Trogloxene? 
Curculionidae 
Curculionidae 
Epigean 
Leiodidae 
Leiodidae 
Phengodidae 
Phengodidae 
Staphylinidae 
Aleocharinae 
Tenebrionidae 
Tenebrionidae 
Undetermined 
Coleoptera 
Diptera 
Muscidae 
Muscidae 
Mycetophilidae 
Mycetophilidae 
Piophilidae 
Piophilidae 
Psychodidae 
Psychodidae 
Sciaridae 
Sciaridae 
Sphaeroceridae 
Leptocera sp. 
Epigean 
Tipulidae 
Dicranoptycha sp. 
Trogloxene 
Tipulidae 
Limonia maculicosta 
Tipulidae 
Limonia rubeculosa sciophila 
Trogloxene 
Tipulidae 
Limonia sp. 
Trogloxene 
Tipulidae 
Tipulidae 
Undetermined 
Diptera 
Hemiptera 
Cixiidae 
Cixius n. sp. 
Troglophile 
Lepidoptera 
Geometridae 
Triphosa haesitata 
Trogloxene 
Orthoptera 
Rhaphidophoridae 
Ceuthophilus sp. 
Trogloxene 
Malacostraca 
Amphipoda 
Crangonyctidae 
Stygobromus imperialis 
Stygobite 
1.00 
Crangonyctidae 
Stygobromus mackenziei 
Stygobite 
1.00 
Isopoda 
Asellidae 
Caecidotea n. sp. 
Stygobite 
1.00 
Asellidae 
Calasellus californicus 
Phreatobite 
0.04 
Trichoniscidae 
Brackenridgia heroldi 
Troglophile 
Symphyla 
Cephalostigmata 
Scutigerellidae 
Scutigerella sp. 
Troglophile 
Chordata 
Amphibia 
Caudata 
Dicamptodontidae 
Dicamptodon ensatus 
Epigean 
Plethodontidae 
Ensatina eschscholtzii 
Epigean 
Salamandridae 
Taricha torosa 
Epigean 
Mammalia 
Chiroptera 
Vespertilionidae 
Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii 
Trogloxene 
Mollusca 
Gastropoda 
Stylommatophora 
Arionidae 
Ariolimax sp. 
Accidental 
Haplotrematidae 
Haplotrema minimum 
Epigean? 
Undetermined 
Stylommatophora 
Uncertain 
Undetermined 
Undetermined 
Gastropoda (slug) 
Undetermined 
Gastropoda (terrestrial snail) 
SE Score 4.29 
