Galapagos Species Database

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Hygronemobius sp. nov. 1

lives in caves

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Orthoptera

Suborder
Ensifera

Superfamily
Grylloidea

Family
Gryllidae

Genus
Hygronemobius

Species
sp. nov. 1

Taxon category: New to Science

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

  • Peck, S.B. (1996) The arthropods of the allobiosphere (barren lava flows) of the Galapagos islands, Ecuador Noticias de Galápagos 56: 9-12.
  • 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.

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