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Hemisotoma thermophila (Axelson, 1900)

Colémbolo, Springtail

Slide preparation of Hemisotoma thermophila, housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 26842). Photo: Marc Barreda, CDF, 2024.
Slide preparation of Hemisotoma thermophila, housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 26842). Photo: Marc Barreda, CDF, 2024.

Also reported from Española and Gardner at Floreana by Peck (2001), but material deposition unconfirmed.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Entognatha

Order
Collembola

Suborder
Entomobryomorpha

Superfamily
Isotomoidea

Family
Isotomidae

Genus
Hemisotoma

Species
thermophila

Taxon category: Accepted

Cryptopygus thermophilus in Peck (2001) and Thibaud et al. (1994). In the material of S. Jacquemart as Isotomina thermophila galapagoensis.

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Fernandina, Isabela, Marchena, Pinzón, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago. Also reported from Española and Gardner at Floreana by Peck (2001), but material deposition unconfirmed.

References

  • 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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