Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Protaphorura encarpata
Scavenger; in litter in agricultural zone, guava thickets, humid forest and pampa zone; January-March
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Entognatha
Order
Collembola
Suborder
Poduromorpha
Superfamily
Onychiuroidea
Family
Onychiuridae
Genus
Protaphorura
Species
encarpata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Protaphorura prosensillata Najt, Thibaud & Jacquemart, 1991
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Najt, J. Thibaud, J.-M., & Jacquemart, S. (1991) Les Collemboles (Insecta) de l´Archipel des Galápagos. I. Poduromorpha. Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique, Entomol. 61: 149-166.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Protaphorura encarpata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10054. Accessed 5 November 2026.