Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Lepidocampa zetekei seclusa Condé, 1960

dipluro, diplurans, tesourinha

Scavenger; soil and cave inhabitant; sea level to 875 m; May-September; littoral and arid to pampa zones. On Santa Cruz known from Cueva del Cascajo, Cuevitas al suroeste de Cerro Banderas, Cueva de Gallardo, Cueva de Kubler, and Cueva Caballo (Hernandez et al, 1992; Peck 1990)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Entognatha

Order
Diplura

Family
Campodeidae

Genus
Lepidocampa

Species
zetekei

Subspecies
seclusa

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Syn.: Lepidocampa zeteki, L. juradoi seclusa; Paclt (1976) seemed unaware of the record by (Condé, 1960). Condé & Bareth (1983) placed L. juradoi as a synomym of L. zeteki. Condé (1960) reported L. juradoi seclusa from caves in Trinidad and Venezuela.

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Santa Cruz (Paclt, 1976).

References

  • Paclt, J. (1976) Diploures et Thysanoures recoltés dans les îles Galápagos et en Ecuador par N. et J. Leleup. Mission zoologique belge aux îles Galápagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964-65) 3: 115-134.
  • Peck, S.B. Kulalova-Peck, J. (1986) Preliminary summary of the subterranean fauna of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Part I. Introduction and Non-Insect invertebrates. Proc. 9th Intnl. Congr. Speleology, Barcelona 2: 164-166.
  • Peck, S.B. (1990) Eyeless arthropods of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Composition and origin of the cryptozoic fauna of a young, tropical, oceanic archipelago. Biotropica 22(4): 366-381.
  • 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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