Galapagos Species Database
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Americaneura interrogator
Colémbolo, Springtail
Scavenger; in agricultural, humid forest, and evergreen shrub zones; January-February
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Entognatha
Order
Collembola
Suborder
Poduromorpha
Superfamily
Neanuroidea
Family
Neanuridae
Genus
Americaneura
Species
interrogator
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz
- 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.
- 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, Americaneura interrogator", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10128. Accessed 1 November 2026.