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Anophthalmolabis leleupi Brindle, 1968

tijereta, Earwig

Arid zone; February, May, December. A small (5 mm long body) eyeless, wingless species from litter in deep crevices (Grieta Iguana, CDRS).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Dermaptera

Suborder
Catadermaptera

Superfamily
Pygidicranoidea

Family
Carcinophoridae

Genus
Anophthalmolabis

Species
leleupi

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

References

  • Brindle, A. (1969) The Earwigs (Dermaptera) of the Galapagos Islands. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 81(12): 331-334.
  • Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
  • Peck, S.B. Peck, J. (1986) The Galapagos Islands. Volcanic caves and cave fauna of the Galapagos Islands. The Canadian Caver 18(1): 42-49.
  • 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. (1996) Diversity and distribution of the orthopteroid insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1497-1510.
  • 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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