Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Rhodanella minos
Colémbolo, Springtail
Scavenger; one specimen from litter in transition zone forest; February. Needs further investigation.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Entognatha
Order
Collembola
Suborder
Entomobryomorpha
Superfamily
Isotomoidea
Family
Isotomidae
Genus
Rhodanella
Species
minos
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1974
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz
- 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.
- Thibaud, J.M., Najt, J. & Jacquemart, S. (1994) Les Collemboles (lnsecta) de l’Archipel des Galapagos. II. Isotomidae. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie, 64, 199–204.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Rhodanella minos", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10120. Accessed 1 November 2026.