65.6 - Subtroglophile invertebrate caves

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Caves essential to parts of the life-cycle (quiescence period) of invertebrate subtroglophiles (elective periodic trogloxenes), such as Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera; in general they are stably cool (or warm) and humid caves.

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Thinès and Tercafs, 1972; Ginet and Decou, 1977; Vornatscher, 1979; Neuherz, 1979; Culver, 1986; Aljancic, 1993; Leser, 1994; Celhar, 1997.