List of arthropods of Virginia

This is a list of arthropods in Virginia, including both current and recently historical inhabitants. Species which are presumed extirpated are crossed out.

Insecta (Insects) Butterflies NameSpeciesFamilyConservation statusIUCN Red ListFederal (ESA)State (Virginia DWR)State (NatureServe)Aaron's SkipperPoanes aaroniHesperiidaeVulnerable (S3)

Bees NameSpeciesFamilyConservation statusIUCN Red ListFederal (ESA)State (Virginia DWR)State (NatureServe)Eastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaApidaeNo Status RankVariable Cuckoo Bumble BeeBombus variabilisApidaeCritically EndangeredCritical Conservation Need (Tier 1)Presumed Extirpated (SX)Yellow Bumble BeeBombus fervidusApidaeVulnerableModerate Conservation Need (Tier IV)Vulnerable (S3)Yellow Banded Bumble BeeBombus terricolaApidaeVulnerableHigh Conservation Need (Tier III)Critically Imperiled (S1)Angelic Sweat BeeAgapostemon angelicusHalictidaeNot Rated Wasps NameSpeciesFamilyConservation statusIUCN Red ListFederal (ESA)State (Virginia DWR)State (NatureServe)Bald-faced hornetDolichovespula maculataVespidae Cockroaches NameSpeciesFamilyConservation statusIUCN Red ListFederal (ESA)State (Virginia DWR)State (NatureServe)Virginia Wood CockroachParcoblatta virginicaEctobiidaePennsylvania Wood CockroachParcoblatta pensylvanicaEctobiidaeBrown-hooded CockroachCryptocercus punctulatusCryptocercidae

Arachnida (Arachnids) Spiders NameSpeciesFamilyConservation statusIUCN Red ListFederal (ESA)State (Virginia DWR)State (NatureServe)Spruce-fir Moss SpiderMicrohexura montivagaDipluridaeEndangeredEndangeredCritically Imperiled (S1) Scorpions NameSpeciesFamilyConservation statusIUCN Red ListFederal (ESA)State (Virginia DWR)State (NatureServe)Southern Unstriped ScorpionVaejovis carolinianusVaejovidaeModerate Conservation Need (Tier IV)Critically Imperiled (S1) Myriapods (Millipedes and Centipedes) Millipedes NameSpeciesFamilyConservation statusIUCN Red ListFederal (ESA)State (Virginia DWR)State (NatureServe)Virginia cherry millipedeApheloria virginiensisXystodesmidaeModerate Conservation Need (Tier IV)Secure (S5)Traveling cherry millipedePleuroloma flavipesXystodesmidaeNo Status RankAeto MillipedeConotyla aetoConotylidaeVery High Conservation Need (Tier II)Critically Imperiled (S1)Big Cedar Creek MillipedeAppalachioria falciferaXystodesmidaeVery High Conservation Need (Tier II)Critically Imperiled (S1)Blowing Rock MillipedeCleidogona medialisCleidogonidaeVery High Conservation Need (Tier II)Vulnerable (S3)Ellett Valley Pseudotremia MillipedePseudotremia cavernarumCleidogonidaeCritical Conservation Need (Tier I)Critically Imperiled (S1)Laurel Creek xystodesmid MillipedeSigmoria whiteheadiXystodesmidaeCritical Conservation Need (Tier I)Critically Imperiled (S1)

Centipedes NameSpecies / subspeciesFamilyConservation statusIUCN Red ListFederal (ESA)State (Virginia DWR)State (NatureServe)Eastern Red CentipedeScolopocryptops sexspinosusScolopocryptopidaeEastern Bark CentipedeHemiscolopendra marginataScolopendridaeMontane CentipedeEscaryus cryptorobiusSchendylidaeImperiled (S2)

Crustacea (Crustaceans) Isopoda (Isopods) Land Species NameSpeciesFamilyConservation statusIUCN Red ListFederal (ESA)State (Virginia DWR)State (NatureServe)Lee County cave isopodLirceus usdagalunAsellidaeEndangered Critically Imperiled (S1)Blue Ridge Rock SlaterLigidium blueridgensisLigiidaeMiktoniscus spinosusMiktoniscus spinosusTrichoniscidae

Aquatic Species NameSpeciesFamilyConservation statusIUCN Red ListFederal (ESA)State (Virginia DWR)State (NatureServe)Cumberland Gap Cave IsopodCaecidotea cumberlandensisAsellidaeVery High Conservation Need (Tier II)Critically Imperiled (S1)

See also

List of molluscs in Virginia

References

External links List of Native and Naturalized Fauna of Virginia April, 2022 Virginia Threatened and Endangered Faunal Species FWS ECOS Listed species with spatial current range believed to or known to occur in Virginia NatureServe Explorer